Somme
The Somme after 1918 — Albert, Amiens, Montdidier, Roye
In the Somme, the town halls of Albert, Montdidier and Roye and the church of Saint-Pierre in Roye were rebuilt between 1928 and 1933 after the destruction of the First World War. In Amiens, the 1923 Gueudet garage illustrates commercial Art Deco. A route to follow by car.
5 stops · Duration full day · Distance 98 km by car
Hôtel de ville d'Albert
Rebuilt from 1928 on the new place Émile-Leturcq after the destruction of the First World War, Albert town hall was designed by Alexandre Miniac and Benjamin Maneval and inaugurated in 1932.
Garage Gueudet, ancien Palais de l'Automobile
Inaugurated in 1923 on the initiative of the brothers Gustave and Lucien Gueudet, this Renault branch garage was designed with advice from the firm's architecture department.
Hôtel de ville de Montdidier
Montdidier's eighth town hall, destroyed in 1918, was rebuilt to plans by the Parisian architects Charles Duval and Emmanuel Gonse between 1928 and 1930.
Hôtel de ville de Roye
The town hall built in the 18th century was blown up by retreating German troops in March 1917.
Église Saint-Pierre de Roye (nef et clocher Art déco)
Partially destroyed during the First World War, the church of Roye retains its Flamboyant choir, restored identically, to which a nave, a transept and an Art Deco bell tower were a
Translated from the French original.