Amiens (France) -- Guidebooks; Amiens (France) -- History; World War, 1914-1918 -- France
31st August, 1914.
Senator-Mayor: A. FIQUET.
[Illustration: EFFECTS OF AN INCENDIARY SHELL NEAR THE BOULEVARDS]
[Illustration: CENTRE OF AMIENS
1. Place Samarobrive.
2. Rue Pingré.
3. Rue des Chaudronniers.
4. Passage Gossart.
5. Rue St.-Martin.
6. Rue du Bloc.
7. Rue St. Firmin the Confessor.
8. Rue de la Malmaison.
9. Rue de Metz-l'Évêque.
A--Old Water-Works (Museum); B--Hôtel Morgan de Belloy; D--St.
Germain's Church; E--Belfry; F--House of the White Gable; H--Hôtel
de Ville; K--Archer's house; L--Bailliage; S--Logis du Gouverneur
du Roi.
]
[Illustration: MAP OF AMIENS
POPULATION: 93,207 ALTITUDE: 27 metres
SCALE:
|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|--------------------------|
0 100 200 300 400 500m 1 Kilom.
BUILDINGS:
A. École de Médecine
B. Église St Germain
D. Temple Protestant
Ec. Écoles
F. {Halle au Blé
{Salle des Fêtes
G. Gendarmerie
H. Hôtel de Ville
T. Théâtre
SQUARES AND STREETS:
1. Pl. de Château d'Eau
2. Pl. de la Tuerie
3. Pl. Samarobrive
4. Pl. au Feurre
5. Pl. Fauvel
6. R. des Sœurs Grises
7. Pl. au Fil
8. R. des Chaudronniers
9. R. St Martin
10. Pl. Florent Caille
11. R. Henri IV
12. R. Cormont
13. R. Adadat-Lefèvre
14. R. de l'Oratoire
15. R. Gloriette
16. R. des Vergeaux
17. R. Delambre
18. R. Duméril
19. Pl. d'Aguesseau
20. R. Allart
HOTELS:
a HOTEL DE L'UNIVERS.
b HOTEL DU RHIN.
c BELFORT-HOTEL.
[symbol] General Post Office
[symbol] Streets or roads to be avoided
by motor-cars
]
[Illustration: ITINERARY starting from the cathedral: follow the arrows
EXPLANATION OF THE ARBITRARY SIGNS USED IN THE ITINERARY, AND THE
CORRESPONDING PAGE-NUMBERS IN THE GUIDE.
The Cathedral, pp. 9-34.
U--Theatre, p. 35.
S--Logis du Gouverneur du Roi en Picardie], p. 36.
--Rue des Trois-Cailloux. p. 36.
--St. Rémy church, p. 37.
--Museum, pp. 38-44.
--Prefecture, p. 45
1--corner of bombarded streets, p. 45.
H--Hôtel de Ville (Town Hall), p. 45.
L--Bailliage (Bailiwick), p. 46.
F--Maison du Blanc Pignon (House of the White Gable), p. 47.
E--Belfry, p. 47.
D--Church of St. Germain, pp. 47-48.
K--Maison du Sagittaire (Archers' House), p. 48.
2--Place des Huchers, rue du Don and neighhouring streets, pp. 49-52
3--Hocquet Canal, p. 50.
4--Panorama of the Boulevard de Beauvillé, p. 50.
5--Rue des Bouchers, p. 54.
6--Rue des Tanneurs and Hôtel Morgan de Belloy, pp. 54-55.
B--Hôtel Morgan de Belloy, p. 55.
]
ITINERARY
THE CATHEDRAL--VISIT TO THE TOWN
_See opposite: Coloured plan, with detailed plan of centre of town and
outline of itinerary at back._
What the Tourist should see
_Do not omit_: =The Cathedral= (_pp. 9-36_) especially the western and
southern doorways, nave, stalls, and carving in the choir aisles.
Of great interest: PICARDY MUSEUM (_pp. 40-45_).
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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