Saulzoir
Saulzoir
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- Surface: 1010 hectares.
- Population: 1696 people per 2009 Census.
- Population: Salicétains, Salicétaines.
- Rivers: the saddle.
- Origin of name: Formerly Sausoit spelled the name comes from Saussaies be planted with willows. The current dialect has retained the name "sausos.
- Blazon: azure crescent of gold, with eleven of the same billet, five chief and six points, 3, 2 and 4. Coat of old family Saulzoir.
- History:
- The Prehistory of men have left traces of their presence everywhere around the village (bifaces, scrapers, blades ... Middle Palaeolithic Mousterian type).
- Saulzoir is crossed by the Roman road from Amiens to Bavay. This floor, probably before the Romans marked as Druidic monuments, is very likely the source of creation of village that developed at the crossing point of the saddle.
- Historians now put Saulzoir the famous battle fought by Caesar in the year 57 BC until C Nervii the cons.
- The village was burned in 1254 by the armies of the Countess of Flanders in 1340 and those by the Duke of Normandy.
- Before the revolution a large majority of the village belongs to the clergy because in 1095 the church Saulzoir is given to the abbey of St. Aubert of Cambrai.
- Until the 20th century the economic life of the village revolves around farming, weaving and commerce, there is also a brewery, a sugar factory and a mill coffee / chicory.
- At the dawn of the 21st century, all these companies have disappeared. New artisanal food companies have created revitalizing the village.
- Gastronomic specialties: apple, capon, endive.
- A stone porch, reached by seven steps is dated 1570, a stone pillow that of 1820 in the Southeast corner of the tower, upstairs, is still a starting warhead suggesting construction Gothic. This would be at least the fourth building at the same location.
- The building was sold to the Revolution, became a stone quarry. Reconstruction lasted from 1811 to 1820. The bombings of 1918 and June 12, 1944 damaging the tower. The nave is built of brick with white stone linking the corners.
- It is illuminated by arched windows 8. The choir is three canted at bedside flat and has 4 windows.
- The bell tower, massive stone is white on a high sandstone base. On its south-west, there are traces of fire.
- The right pillar is a stone bearing the initials IHS.
- Many tombstones are visible around the church. There are still some remnants of the wall of the cemetery with the North-East base of a cylindrical turret.
- Within from a spiral staircase.
- Chapel of Christ the links - 1773:
- This little chapel is now the center of the square. Built in sandstone, it has a main front gable brick decorated with a tree of life and an oculus.
- The tiny choir is 2 cut sides with a flat pillow.
"She has a" God of mercy "only evidence that remains in Cambrai on this tradition. Christ is represented with the crown of thorns and stigmata and his hands are tied. This iconography is common in Germany from the 14th century.
- High brick building, the mill is set on the saddle and still has its ventellerie.
- Restored, it is transformed into library since 1990.
- The mechanism of the mill was dismantled and relocated on the ground floor.
- House (1, rue Jean Mermoz): House with a floor constructed of brick with white stone linking the corners on sandstone base. The openings are covered red-barred.
- Castle:
- Farm castle built on the ruins of the old castle, it is still surrounded by a moat on two sides.
- In the long facade constructed of brick on sandstone bedrock can be distinguished: a wall barns made of white stone which is the oldest part of the building. It is separated from the house by the gate, arched, entirely surrounded with sandstone above the keystone registration Canonne Boulogne and date 1861. The white stone is used on the dwelling to punctuate the facade with four solid lines of hand and other windows. The front door is framed by pillars of white stone and topped by a balcony furnished with a wrought iron gate. A large brick façade being pierced windows but once should contain only very few openings. In return another building has a brick façade with 10 buttresses of white stones.
- Every last Sunday of March flea market association Dynamic (Foch Street, Ferry, Rousseau, Peri, of Verdun, the Hairy).
- Every last Sunday of September: No flea market of the Water (Street Hugo, Gambetta, May 8, 1945, Pasteur Fiévet Renan).
- Performance: every last Saturday of March: theatrical performance by the association of the No Water
- Christmas Market at the farm, 14 rue Jean-Jacques Rousseau: the 2nd or 3rd Sunday of December.
- Concerts Music City:
- The 1st Sunday of March: Spring Concert Montrécourt.
- The 3rd Sunday in April: spring concert at Saulzoir.
- The 1st Sunday of June: concert of the carnival.
- The 4th Sunday of September: Concert funfair.
- The 4th Sunday of October: Fall Concert.
- Lotto: 2nd Sunday in April. Lotto organized by Veterans Affairs.
- Course of heart: the last weekend of April.
- Seniors:
- Mid-June: Release of Elders at the restaurant show.
- Every 1st Sunday of October: Seniors' meals.
- Telethon: the first weekend of December.
| ATTRACTIONS, LEISURES AND ACTIVITES AROUND |
- Places around Saulzoir inescapable:
Cambrai : l'archevêché, la cathédrale Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, la chapelle des Jésuites, la chapelle Saint-Julien, l'église Saint-Géry, l'Hôtel de Ville, la porte Notre-Dame, la porte de" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'">> Cambrai: the archbishopric, the cathedral Notre-Dame-de-Grace, the Jesuit chapel, the Chapel of Saint Julien, Saint-Gery, the Hotel de Ville, Notre Dame door, the door Paris, the Tower of Fools, the Chateau de Selle, the Spanish House (tourist office), the belfry, the Begijnhof Saint-Vaast, the museum ...
Le Quesnoy : l'église Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption, le centre Lowendal, la chapelle de l'Hôpital, les fortifications..." onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'">> The Quesnoy: Church of Our Lady of the Assumption, the center Lowendal, the chapel of the hospital, the fortifications ...
Valenciennes : l'église Saint-Géry, la tour de la Dodenne, la maison du Prévôt, l'ancienne église Saint-Nicolas, l'Hôtel de Ville, l'Hôpital du Hainaut, la caserne Vincent, la basilique Notre-Dame" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'">> Valenciennes: the church of Saint-Gery, Dodenne Tower, home of the Provost, the old St. Nicolas church, the Hotel de Ville, Hôpital du Hainaut, Vincent Barracks, Notre Dame du Saint-Cordon, Museum of Fine Arts ...
Solesmes : le kiosque à musique, l'Hôtel de Ville, les fontaines, l'église Saint-Martin..." onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'">> Solesmes: the bandstand, the Hotel de Ville, the fountains, the church Saint-Martin ...
Les Rues-des-Vignes : l'abbaye cistercienne de Vaucelles." onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'">> The Streets-of-Vines: the Cistercian Vaucelles.
 | Library (Old Mill) |  |
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 | Old Castle |  |
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 | church (nave and choir) |  |
| |  | Welcome to Saulzoir |  |
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 | Chapel |  |
| |  | Valentine the gardener (giant Saulzoir) |  |
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 | City hall |  |
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