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Picardy (/ ˈ p ɪ k ər d i /; Picard and French: Picardie, French: ⓘ, Picard: IPA:) is a historical and cultural territory and a former administrative region located in northern France.
The Somme towns were strategically important in the 15th century conflict between the Valois dukes of Burgundy and the kings of France. [15] Picardy, the region in north eastern France in which they were located, lay between the French royal domain in the Île-de-France and the dukes' Low Countries possessions, the Burgundian Netherlands. [16]
This list of castles in Picardy is a list of medieval castles or château forts in the region in northern France. Links in italics are links to articles in the French Wikipedia . Aisne
The First Battle of Picardy (22–26 September 1914) took place during the Race to the Sea (17 September – 19 October) and the First Battle of the Aisne (13–28 September). The "race" was a Franco-British counter-offensive, which followed the Battle of the Frontiers (7 August – 13 September) and the German advance into France during the ...
The Somme American Cemetery and Memorial in Picardie, France, is an American Battle Monuments Commission cemetery, situated ½ mile southwest of the commune of Bony, Aisne in northern France. It is located on a gentle slope typical of the open, rolling Picardy countryside.
The Musée de Picardie is the main museum of Amiens and Picardy, in France. It is located at 48, rue de la République, Amiens. It is located at 48, rue de la République, Amiens. Its collections include artifacts ranging from prehistory to the 19th century, and form one of the largest regional museums in France.
Somme (French pronunciation: ⓘ; Picard: Sonme) is a department of France, located in the north of the country and named after the Somme river. It is part of the Hauts-de-France region. It is bordered by Pas-de-Calais and Nord to the north, Aisne to the east, Oise to the south and Seine-Maritime to the southwest.
During King Henry II's Italian war in 1557, most of Noyon would be burned, [11] in the midst of Philip II of Spain's invasion of Picardy, [12] before returning to their winter quarters in the Spanish Netherlands. [12] Near the end of the sixteenth century the town fell under Habsburg control, but Henry IV of France recaptured it.