Picardy
Picardy
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Agricultural and market-gardening region, Picardy boasts an important religious heritage. Renowned for its famous Gothic cathedrals, the region offers many other architectural gems, such as its numerous abbeys, notably royal, its churches and its castles. Picardy also offers a variety of different landscapes, ranging from forests, hedged farmland and plains of cereal crops to the marshes used for vegetable farming of Amiens, through the chalk cliffs, sandy beaches and dunes of the Picardy coast.
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 | Mixing nature and historical heritage, the Aisne is home to the town of Laon and its Gothic cathedral, the fortified churches of Thiérache, but also the Saint-Gobain forest and the nature reserve of Isle marsh. | |
 | A top destination for horse riding, the Oise is the area of vast forests great for sports activities, majestic castles, Gothic cathedrals, royal abbeys and cities loaded with history and traditions. | |
 | Among the best features of the Somme are the famous cathedral of Amiens, UNESCO World Heritage Site, the ponds of High Somme, the picard coast and its high chalky cliffs, marshes used for vegetable farming, the Somme bay and the Marquenterre ornithological park, favourite place for numerous bird species. | |
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