Basilique Notre-Dame-du-Saint-Cordon

The basilica of Notre-Dame-du-Saint-Cordon was built between 1852 and 1864 by the diocesan architect Alexandre Grigny. Facing south-west, its chevet with an ambulatory and three radiating chapels of Norman inspiration fits into the narrow plot of the Place des Ursulines. The nave, framed by aisles, has five bays. Its three-level elevation evokes the Amiens model and gives the building great transparency. The façade is more austere. The porch bell tower reinterprets the Old Bell Tower of Chartres Cathedral.

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Abbey Church of Saint Hugues et Saint Achaire d'Haspres

The Abbey Church of Saint Hugues et Saint Achaire d'Haspres is part of a vast estate: the provostship of Haspres, whose origins go back to the 7th century. Attached to the Abbey of Jumièges in 841 and then to that of Arras in 1024, the provostship is under the authority of a monk. It became an important pilgrimage centre following the arrival of relics of Hugh and Achaire, healers of mental illness, who are symbolized by a spider.

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Church of Saint-Martin

The church of Saint Martin Flines-lez-Mortagne, in the northern department, dates from the eleventh or twelfth century, but was largely rebuilt in the fourteenth century. Its imposing bell-tower contains both Romanesque and Gothic elements. The interior of the building is richly decorated with statues and medallions with biblical themes.

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Church of Saint-Vaast

Saint-Vaast Church is located in Landas, in the Hauts-de-France region. The first church, a Romanesque building from the tenth-eleventh century was associated with the cathedral of Tournai and the abbey of Flines. Rectangular in plan, the building includes three vessels of five bays. It is preceded by a brick belfry tower which houses the oldest bell in France (1285) still in operation. Inside you can admire an organ with 784 pipes dating from 1894.