Work in the Lille metropolis is the lot of many inhabitants of Valenciennois – whom we find, by the hundreds, every morning at the level of Orchies, embarked on a busy, stressful and painful adventure. One of the solutions could be carpooling, little developed in the Valenciennois. By way of comparison, the district of Valenciennes … Read more
Little is said about this painting. And for good reason, it has long remained locked in the Basilica of Notre-Dame du Saint-Cordon in Valenciennes, closed to the public for years due to dangerousness. It is to the curator of the heritage of the diocese of Cambrai, Caroline Biencourt, that The Savior owes its return to … Read more
In the misted-up Clio that we “stuck to the train” for a good half an hour, we saw, on several occasions, the driver making large annoyed gestures. There was plenty: every meter that separated the Valenciennes in search of tobacco from the Belgian border tasted like torture: Things were stalling “dry” from the entry of … Read more
No more than twenty people at a time, with the tracing of each in addition to the now usual rules of health security: these measures allow visitors to satisfy their curiosity with confidence and find unexpected treasures. Among them, for example, more than a hundred typographical cancellations of newspapers, some of which date from the … Read more