In the center of the square is the statue of Lieutenant General Abraham Duquesne (1610-1688), who commanded his first ship at the age of 17. He defeated Michiel De Ruyter in 1676 and hunted pirates in the Mediterranean. Note the early 18th-century buildings at nos. 18 to 24. A plaque commemorating the chemist Descroizilles hangs at the pharmacy, to whom we owe the coffee filter (a find wrongly attributed to Abbot Belloy
Construction started in the 13th century, but the church was repeatedly renovated. Beautiful rose window above the 14th century central portal. the tower on the facade dates from the 15th …