Valenciennes

Valenciennes combines an industrial legacy with a long artistic tradition in a way that reflects its borderland position on the Scheldt in northern France. Near Belgium, the city lies on a river route linking Flanders with the French interior. Valenciennes was the birthplace of Rococo painter Antoine Watteau and 19th-century sculptor Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, whose work is represented at the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Valenciennes. Its name also lives on in Valenciennes lace, a delicate type of bobbin lace. Continue with other webcams around Valenciennes to see how this part of Hauts-de-France connects with northern France and Belgium.

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