Editing Cambrai (section)

====Religious heritage====
[[File:Cathédrale Notre-Dame Cambrai .JPG|thumb|right|The Cathedral of Our Lady]]

The [[Cambrai Cathedral|Our Lady of Grace Cathedral]] was completed in 1703, in the classical style of the time, as the abbey church of the Holy Sepulchre. The church survived the turbulence of the [[French Revolution]] as a Temple of Reason from 1794. The admirable [[Old Cambrai Cathedral|Gothic Cathedral]] from the 12th century was destroyed in the aftermath the Revolution of 1789. There is no trace on the present ''Place Fénelon'' of the former building. Bishop Louis Belmas adopted the former abbey church as the new cathedral in 1801.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lecompte |first1=Denis |title=Notre-Dame-de-Grace |date=2005 |publisher=Éditions du Signe |location=Strasbourg |isbn=2-7468-0759-9 |pages=5–10}}</ref>

The apse contains the monumental tomb of Fénelon, a masterpiece of the sculptor [[David d'Angers]], and the semitransepts with ''l'Icône Notre Dame de Grâce'' [the Icon of Our Lady of Grace] and the nine reputed [[grisaille]]s by [[Marten Jozef Geeraerts|Geeraerts]] of Antwerp. The grand [[Organ (music)#Chamber organ|organs]] were built by the house of {{Interlanguage link multi|Pierre Schyven|fr}} of Ixelles in 1897. After the events of [[World War I]], extensive restoration was undertaken by the organ builder Auguste Convers, who brought the current instrument to 49 stops with 3,670 pipes. The building was classified in the inventory of [[Monument historique|Historic Monuments]] on 9 August 1906.<ref>{{Base Mérimée|PA00107395}}</ref>

The {{Interlanguage link multi|Grand Seminary Chapel|fr|3=Chapelle des Jésuites de Cambrai}} most commonly called the College of the Jesuits' Chapel, completed in 1692, is a unique example of [[Baroque]] art in France, to the north of Paris. The chapel served as a prison to the nearby Revolutionary Court in 1794, and it was classified in the inventory of Historic Monuments on 30 April 1920.<ref>{{Base Mérimée|PA00107400}}</ref>

The {{Interlanguage link multi|Église Saint-Géry de Cambrai|fr|3=Église Saint-Géry de Cambrai|lt=Church of Saint-Géry}}, a listed historical monument since 26 November 1919,<ref>{{Base Mérimée|PA00107402}}</ref> is one of the oldest monuments of Cambrai. It contains a remarkable [[Rood screen|choir screen]] in polychromatic marble carved by the Cambrai native [[Gaspard and Balthazard Marsy|Gaspard Marsy]] as well as ''La mise au tombeauu'' by [[Peter Paul Rubens]] dating from 1616. The grand organs built in 1867 by [[Joseph Merklin|Merklin]] were the subject of a significant transformation in 1978. The current instrument has 41 stops. This church has been the subject of a restoration of the frontage and roofing over a period of four years (2011–2015).

Other buildings of Cambrai are also classified or listed as Historic Monuments. The former {{Interlanguage link multi|Convent of the Recollects of Cambrai|fr|3=Couvent des Récollets de Cambrai|lt=Convent of the Recollects}} has been registered since 2 March 1943,<ref>{{Base Mérimée|PA00107401}}</ref> and the {{Interlanguage link multi|Béguinages Saint-Vaast and Saint-Nicolas|fr|3=Béguinages Saint-Vaast et Saint-Nicolas}} have been classified as Historic Monuments since 1949.<ref>{{Base Mérimée|PA00107394}}</ref>