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What is left of the massive old (1602) defensive walls lead from the Porte de Bretagne and provide fine views. They extend primarily in a southern direction.
Written Jan 31, 2009
The 16C Gothic church of St.-Jean-Baptiste is the only church in town which survived WW I after the German bombing and 3 year occupation. Its outside walls are somewhat scarred but its interior is intact
Written Jan 31, 2009
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The guide book said this little town had an interesting church. So we stopped and looked at it as we went by. Its notable feature is a carved tympanum of the 13C showing the Nativity on the left and the Flight Into Egypt on the right. How did such fine earlt work get in such an out-of-the-way place?
Written Jan 31, 2009
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Our route from Noyon to Amiens took us near Peronne (pop. 10K) and so we drove in to see what it looked like as our guide book suggested. It indeed had a pleasant town center at the Pl. Louis-Daudre,...
The Historial de la Grande Guerre is the "must-see" museum in Peronne. Perrone and the building housing the museum was liberated by Australian forces on 2 September 1918. Historial de la Grande...
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