Editing Cambrai (section)

===Environmental heritage===
[[File:Kiosque à musique Cambrai.JPG|thumb|The bandstand is one of the oldest in France]]

Cambrai has the label "Floral City" with three flowers awarded by the ''National Council of Floral Cities and Villages of France'' in the [[Concours des villes et villages fleuris|Floral Competition of Cities and Villages]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cnvvf.fr/site/index.php?page=1&idpt=59|title=Palmarès 2009 du concours des Villes et Villages Fleuris}}{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

The current public garden dates from the 19th century, which saw the creation of green spaces in the middle to encourage [[Hygiene|hygienics]] and which were liberated in addition to the areas occupied by the fortifications. This garden, divided into three distinct but contiguous parts, is located on the site of the old fortifications that surrounded the citadel built under [[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles V]]:

[[File:Grottes Jardin public Cambrai.JPG|thumb|left|The "caves" of the public garden]]

*The "flower garden", designed by the landscape architect [[Jean-Pierre Barillet-Deschamps]], was established between 1852 and 1865 on {{convert|6|ha|acre}}. This garden was originally the only one planned but, at the insistence of the prefect of the time, it was increased to {{convert|9|ha|acre}} in 1864.<ref group=a>p.198</ref>
*The "Monstrelet Garden" designed "in English", was soon added to the previous. It is so called because it houses a statue of [[Enguerrand de Monstrelet]], chronicler of the [[Middle Ages]] who was the [[Prévôt|Provost]] of Cambrai. In 1876, the bandstand was erected, built on the plans of André de Baralle.
*The "garden of caves", built in the early 19th century, carries a total area of more than {{convert|15|ha|acre}}. The "caves", decorated with a waterfall, were the main attraction and gave their name to this part of the garden. They were completed in 1906 and in 2010 are awaiting rehabilitation.

These gardens, and in particular their statues, were damaged by the two world wars. In 1972, a modern hall, named as the ''Palais des Grottes'' [Mansion of Caves] and hosting exhibitions, trade fairs and concerts, was built in the middle of the garden of the same name.

A few other squares or gardens complement the green spaces of Cambrai: Fenelon Square, established in 1861 to the designs of Barillet-Deschamps on the site of the [[Old Cambrai Cathedral|ancient metropolis]] and decorated in 1864 with a water fountain, that of the ''Place Marcelin Berthelot'', which dates from 1911. This is at the foot of the walls of the Château de Selles, dating from the same year. The one of the Arquets tower dates from 1954.<ref group=c>p.199</ref> The avenues and boulevards planted with trees and flowers to complete make Cambrai a "green" city.