Amiens is a city and commune in northern France, located 120 km north of Paris and 100 km south-west of Lille. With 136,449 inhabitants, it is the capital of the Somme department in the region of Haut
City centre, with the Amiens Cathedral in the background
The Somme in the old town at the beginning of the 20th century
The Becquet Bridge, at the start of the 20th century
The Place Gambetta: An important hub of the former tram network of Amiens at the beginning of the 20th century
Cambrai, formerly Cambray and historically in English Camerick or Camericke, is a city in the Nord department and in the Hauts-de-France region of France on the Scheldt river, which is known locally a
The bell tower of the Hôtel de Ville (town hall), where Martin and Martine [fr] mark the hours
An extract from the Peutinger table showing Camaraco (Cambrai) northeast of Sammarobriva (present-day Amiens)
The belfry of Cambrai, the old bell tower of the Church of Saint Martin, symbol of communal freedoms
Plan of Cambrai drawn in 1649, depicting the outline of the 11th century walls