Saint-Quentin

City of Art and History, Saint-Quentin full of tourist attractions and other historic buildings that embellish the streets. The animations are not lacking in this old ancient city.

Former Royal Collegiate, the basilica Saint-Quentin welcomes the relics of the eponymous saint today. His body also rests in the crypt of the Basilica Minor. Classified as an historic monument, it was built between the twelfth and sixteenth centuries with the dominant styles Gothic and Romanesque.

Built in the early sixteenth century, Saint-Quentin City Hall is admired by visitors with its Gothic style. Adorned with over 170 sculptures, the facade is a real work of art. Inside, a neo-Gothic entrance hall welcomes visitors, while the marriages of room houses a monumental Renaissance fireplace coronation.

Almost entirely turned to the painter Maurice Quentin de La Tour, the Antoine Lécuyer museum is also the opportunity to admire works of the eighteenth century as sculptures or earthenware Sinceny and paintings of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

In the former church Saint-Jacques, the Espace Saint-Jacques houses the Butterfly museum with a collection of over 600,000 specimens and a temporary exhibition gallery regularly hosted. An archaeological museum and a museum Motobécane complement the cultural offer in the city of Saint-Quentin. The latter is located in the Village of old trades in the old factory Motobécane.

Walking through the streets, one can discover the buildings of great beauty, as Fervaques palace built instead of an old abbey, which houses the High Court, or the door of the Gunners, only vestige the former headquarters of the company bourgeois gunners. Monumental, it has been listed historical monument especially for its many sculptures.

Installed instead of the Eight-October, the monument commemorating the heroic defense Saint-Quentin was designed in the late nineteenth century by Corneille Theunissen.

The memorial, in the form of a granite wall, or the monument to the King of Belgium Albert I, are also essential.

The national necropolis now houses the bodies of more than 5,000 French soldiers, as individual tombs or ossuaries. A German military cemetery contains meanwhile over 8,000 soldiers killed in the First World War.

The beach of the Pond of Isle, an artificial beach, you can practice many games, and learn minigolf.

If the heritage is rich in Saint-Quentin is also the case for the cultural offer, with various events organized each year in the city.

Every year in March, Saint-Quentin hosts the International Festival Ciné-Jeune de l'Aisne. Destination of the young audience, it presents films and workshops for all ages, including a weekend reserved for families. In parallel occurs the infantile celebration for families.

In May, up to the days of comics and Saint-Quentin youth book with author signings and events of all kinds. The flower market is also installed in the streets of the city at this time of year.

Jester Celebrations take place every year during the weekend of Pentecost, including a parade, a parade of the three giants of the city, fireworks or musical entertainment.

In the summer, between July and August, the animations are not lacking in Saint-Quentin. First city to have transformed its downtown beach Saint-Quentin offers the Beach of City Hall, with fine sand and animations in the program.

The famous fair of Saint-Quentin is held each Monday following the first Sunday in September, while the Book Fair takes place at Fervaques Palace the first week of October.

In October, the fair of Saint-Denis and its rides of all kinds moved to Saint-Quentin, including one or two fireworks.

Throughout the year, markets take place in different neighborhoods of the city, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday morning.