Arras Cathedral

In Arras, northwest of the Hôtel de Ville is the cathedral, originally the abbey church of St-Vaast, which was rebuilt in the 18th C. in neo-classical style. It contains a 15th C. head of Christ in wood and a 17th C. "Scourging". South of the church is the former abbey of St-Vaast (18th C.), now housing the Musée des Beaux-Arts (medieval sculpture, pictures of the 16th-18th C. and French 19th C. masters, including Corot and Delacroix). Farther south again is the birthplace of Maximilien Robespierre (1758-1794).