Home The essentials The Squares of Arras, la dolce vita. They constitute a theatrical setting, an agora, a unique architectural ensemble, an age-old marketplace and long a favoured place for strolling: here, people have been taking the time to enjoy life for centuries! Three places making an ensemble of stunning beauty.
You are carried away by the pirouette of houses and their scrolled gables. A waltz of multiple beats, against a dream of a background. Destroyed during the First World War, they were reconstructed in identical style.
Galleries, arcades, bay windows, pilasters and street cellar entrances entrances to the boves , the cellars of Arras : a veritable festival of architecture! At the foot of the Belfry, more than colourful and mouth-watering stalls offer local products, fruit and vegetables, meats, cheeses and authentic craft items.
This tradition of exchange and trade has been passed down from the Middle Ages and is punctuated by festive events: the Festival of the Andouillette, the Christmas Market, the Illumination of the Belfry. You will love the positive energy exuded by the Squares of Arras. This harmonious alignment of buildings with their arcades and scrolled gables leaves the onlooker awestruck.
United by diversity, each building on the Squares offers a different face. His edict of made construction in stone and brick mandatory and it was later followed by a series of building regulations which gave the Squares their incredible unity. Do make the most of the city centre trail which will reveal the little secrets harboured by some of these buildings, like the Maison des Trois Luppars House of Three Leopards.
