Cambrai, France
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St-Géry, with a 76 m/250ft high tower, which has a Baroque rood screen (1632) and an "Entombment" by Rubens. Opposite the church is the former Archbishop's Palace, with a fine Renaissance doorway (1620).

Southeast of this is the Beffroi (15th and 18th C.), the belfry of a church which has since been demolished. The Municipal Museum contains a variety of material, including archeological finds from the area and an interesting collection of pictures from the 16th to 20th C.

Farther south is the Cathedral of Notre-Dame (18th C.; rennovated in 1859), with a fine Baroque interior. It contains the tomb of the theologian and writer Fénelon (1651-1715), with a monument by David d'Angers (1826), and other tombs, and also a number of pictures. Opposite it, to the west, is the fine Baroque facade of the Chapelle du Grand Séminaire (1692), which belonged to a Jesuit college. Other features of interest are a number of handsome old half-timbered houses like the Maison Espagnole, remains of earlier fortifications (Porte de Paris, 1390), two town gates and the 16th C. Citadel.