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About Les Boves
Les Boves is a sight (Monuments) in Arras. The address is place des Héros, 62000 Arras. Up-to-date information is available on its own website, and you can reach it by phone at +33321710734. Just around the corner: Canadian Poutine (restaurant, 22 m) and Batbar Arras (cocktail bar, 44 m).
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- Sight › Monuments
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- Address
- place des Héros
62000 Arras, France - Phone
- +33321710734
- Website
- www.explorearras.com
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- Coordinates
- 50.29044° N · 2.77765° E
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- confidence 0.97
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The Boves of Arras are a collection of underground chambers (galleries connecting individual cellars) that men have gradually dug since the tenth century. The existing network is of remarkable length and excellent condition. These quarries were dug when local builders used great blocks of chalk to build the town's most important buildings. These tunnels were also used as shelters by the Arrageois during times of war, invasions, bombings... These undergrounds were also used by the British during World War I to install a small hospital. Columns of sandstone or limestone pillars support the vaulted halls and stairways that allow residents to store food in the cellars at constant temperature of 11 °C, which, as some of you may know, is ideal for wine storage!
Source: Wikivoyage, „Arras“ · authors per page history · CC BY-SA 4.0 · as of 10/20/2023