Hôtel de préfecture du Pas-de-Calais

Location Quiz Nearby Places Localisation Historique Références

L'hôtel de préfecture du Pas-de-Calais est un bâtiment situé à Arras (France). Il sert de préfecture au département du Pas-de-Calais.

Location

2 explorers visited this place

Nearby Places

Abbey of Saint-Vaast

The Abbey of St Vaast was a Benedictine monastery situated in Arras, département of Pas-de-Calais, France.

Church Historic Site

Arras Memorial

The Arras Memorial is a World War I memorial in France, located in the Faubourg d'Amiens British Cemetery, in the western part of the town of Arras. The memorial commemorates 35,942 soldiers of the forces of the United Kingdom, South Africa and New Zealand, with no known grave, who died in the Arras sector between the spring of 1916 and 7 August 1918. The major battle in this area during this period was the Battle of Arras. The cut-off date of 7 August 1918 signifies the start of the Advance to Victory, and casualties after that date are listed on other memorials. Also not included here are the names of the missing dead among Canadian and Australian servicemen, who are instead listed at the Vimy Memorial and the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial. Designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens, the memorial includes sculpture by Sir William Reid Dick. Located in the same cemetery is the Arras Flying Services Memorial. Both memorials were unveiled by Lord Trenchard on 31 July 1932. Lord Trenchard had served as the commander of Royal Flying Corps in France from 1915 to 1917. In 1918, he briefly served as the first Chief of the Air Staff before taking up command of the Independent Air Force in France. Also present at the unveiling ceremony was Richard Bell-Davies, British First World War fighter pilot and Royal Navy officer, and recipient of the Victoria Cross. Those listed on this memorial include poet T.P. Cameron Wilson and the following sportsmen: Isaac Bentham, Dick Harker, Walter Tull, Sandy Turnbull, James Williams, and Cecil Bodington. There are a total of 13 recipients of the Victoria Cross commemorated on the Arras Memorial or the Arras Flying Services Memorial: Ernest Frederick Beal, Bernard Matthew Cassidy, Alexander Edwards, John Erskine, John Harrison, Lanoe George Hawker, David Philip Hirsch, Basil Arthur Horsfall, George Jarratt, Richard Basil Brandram Jones, Edward Mannock, Oliver Cyril Spencer Watson, Albert White.

Historic Site Landmark

Arras Cathedral

Arras Cathedral is the Catholic church in the city of Arras, France. The cathedral is the seat of the Bishops of Arras.

Church

Arras Flying Services Memorial

The Arras Flying Services Memorial Commonwealth War Graves Commission memorial in the Faubourg d'Amiens Cemetery, Arras, France. The memorial commemorates nearly 1,000 airmen from forces of the Commonwealth who were killed on the Western Front during World War I and who have no known grave. The memorial was designed by Edwin Lutyens, sculpted by William Reid Dick and unveiled by Hugh Trenchard, 1st Viscount Trenchard, Marshal of the Royal Air Force on 31 July 1932.

Historic Site Landmark

Hôtel de Ville, Arras

The Hôtel de Ville is a historic building in Arras, Pas-de-Calais, northern France, standing at the northwest end of the Place Des Heros in the centre of the town, and its bell-tower representing the main landmark in the town. It was designated a monument historique by the French government in 1921.

Historic Site Landmark

More nearby places... Discovery

Localisation

L'édifice est situé dans le département français du Pas-de-Calais, sur la commune d'Arras. Il borde la place de la Préfecture. Historiquement, celle-ci accueille en son centre la cathédrale Notre-Dame-en-Cité, détruite pendant la Révolution française et dont les ruines sont rasées au début des années 1800. Un jardin est aménagé puis, entre 1839 et 1846, est construite l'église Saint-Nicolas-en-Cité, de taille plus modeste que la cathédrale disparue. Un jardin public sépare l'église de l'hôtel de préfecture.

Historique

Construit en 1770 par monseigneur de Conzié, alors évêque d'Arras, peu après son sacre, en 1769, le bâtiment de la préfecture est à l'origine le palais épiscopal de la cathédrale adjacente. L'évêque d'Arras, membre des États d'Artois, y recevait les députés de ces États, lors de leurs sessions. En 1800, cet ancien palais devient la préfecture du Pas-de-Calais. L'édifice subit un incendie en 1836 et est reconstruit à l'identique en 1856. Louis-Victor Bougron a travaillé à la sculpture des ornements du portail du bâtiment. La préfecture est partiellement inscrite au titre des monuments historiques le 28 février 1995.