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The Cambrai Memorial to the Missing is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission memorial for the missing soldiers of World War I who fought in the Battle of Cambrai on the Western Front.

Vaucelles Abbey (formerly Notre-Dame de Vaucelles) was a monastery of Cistercian monks. Founded in 1131 by Saint Bernard himself4, it is located about thirteen kilometers south-west of Cambrai (Nord department), in the Escaut valley, in the town of Les Rues-des-Vignes.

A tasty mistake.

La bêtise de Cambrai is a delicacy made in Cambrai. It's candy. Bliss is shaped like a small cushion and is one of the best-known old-fashioned candies. Two manufacturers perpetuate the Cambrai tradition of stupidity and dispute its paternity: the Afchain and Despinoy confectioneries.

Their origin would go back to around 1850. Their invention would result from a handling error, a "stupidity". The story goes that the cooking mistake of an apprentice confectioner in 1850 is at the origin of the famous "bêtise de Cambrai". This candy, traditionally mint, is now available in fruit or chocolate flavors and can be enjoyed at the end of a meal. It forms, with the sausage, one of the two gastronomic specialties of the city.

The Matisse Museum (Musée Départemental Henri Matisse) is a museum in Le Cateau-Cambrésis, France that primarily displays paintings by Henri Matisse. The museum was established by Matisse himself on 8 November 1952; he also defined the way his works should be arranged. At that time the museum was located in the wedding room of the Le Cateau City Hall.

In 1956, after the death of Matisse, the collection of the museum was enlarged by the gift of 65 paintings by Auguste Herbin.

The Museum was moved to the « Fénelon Palace » (Palais Fénelon), also in Le Cateau, in 1982, and its ownership was transferred by the city to the Nord department in 1992; after three years of construction and refurbishment, it reopened on 8 November 2002.

The Museum now has the third largest collection of Matisse works in France.