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Ondergrond3e gangen en Geschiedenis uanArras (audio-msuele diamontage opdriccoudig scberm)
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Mcn vind t er o ok zeer rnooie zalen waarvan d e ge wclven steunen herzij op kalkpijlers, d oor de steenhouwers daar ach rergelaten, hetzij o p rnonollrh tsche zandstecnzuilen . Her bezoek aan de o ndergro ndse gangen onder de Place des Heres brengt een volledige verandertng van sfeer die tuss en 30 en 50 minuten (het hangt van d e gekozen rondleid ing at) kan du ren . Hij UW bezoele, mag U de audto-oisueie monJage O{J d rlevoudig scberm over de gescbtedents van A PTaS met mtssen.
Het bezoek aa n de "bo ves" van Arras o nd er de "Place des Heros' begm r in de kelders van het stadhuis en is uit verschillende reden en een niet te missen belevenis. vooreerst is er de eigen aard van elke o nd ergro ndse gang afzonderlijk. Maar daamaast heeft deze ee uwcnoude plek ook een archnecturale, archeologische en g eol ogische waarde . Imm ers, d e eers te gange n werden al in de tiende eeuw gegraven en het spreekt vanzelf. dat o ntelbare inwoners van Arras er seden die tijd een schudplaats hebben gevonden in tijd van oorlong en Invasie. Het waren de Engelse troepen d ie in 1914· 1918 Arras verdedigden, die het
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Birth piDu of ROBESPlERRE, ARRAS was JOWl spared during W RAobMion , Ba.dJy ~ durinB tiH Firfl World War, J.be capilaI of Art oi.s was re-born fro m its ",ins, and reslored us ."co".para ble momnnenu, .-:b lIS the Gnmd'Ploa, the PeWe Place, the IW de la and tbe Town Hail, 0/FkrrrWJ Galbic style, The Abbey of Strinl -Vaast shdlen the rich colJa:tiolu of tbB Afu.seum, ~ is a 1NJ5leT. piIa of c:1J2ssiaI/ nSlBioIls arr:hiUchue. The ImaergrovM tuJl7U'U are a liJ,le· ~ ~. FinI llS8d as ullan, they often SI!'roI:Ii /If shelll!f'S for lbe population du m g imaslons, or JOT lbe soldiers of the Firsl War, 19 14 • 18. It is now possible 10 l'isil, with a ,guide, a pan al lhe ll4nne Ls under the Tou," flail.
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Underground trip andhistorical survey ofArras
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As regards architecture, the tourist w ill admire
the corbie-stepped statrways used of o ld by residents along the Square to store provisions wine in particular - in cellars enjoying an even temperature of 11 Cl C. Very beautiful chambers are (0 be found there, too , with their vaulting resting either on chalk pillars left in place by the quarriers, or on mon olithi c sandsto ne columns .
Starting from the cellars of the Town Hall, a trip through the underground maze beneath the Market Square is a tourtsuc must for a number of reasons : - first, for the eerie feeling a subterranean progress never fails to procure ;
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- then, for the architectural, archaeological as well as geol ogical interest always presented by a thousand year-old site . Indeed, the first shafts and galleries were bored as early as the 10th ce ntury and the visitor is left to surmise the number of locals who found shelter there during invasions and wa rs.
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The last masss occupation was by the British defenders of the city who, from 1914 to 1918, used the place as a clearing hospital. The geological interest is compelling at every step. The sections made through the chalk bank upon which Arras is resting expose the formation of the bedding whose early strata date back 90 million years.
