page_title: Abbeville
section_title: The belfry
hierarchical_section_title: Abbeville / Places and monuments / The belfry
caption_attribution_description: English: Beffroi d'Abbeville (France).
context_page_description: Abbeville is a commune in the Somme department and in Hauts-de-France region in northern France.
  It is the chef-lieu of one of the arrondissements of Somme. Located on the River Somme, it was the capital of Ponthieu. Its inhabitants are called the Abbevillois.
context_section_description: Classified as a World Heritage Site in 2005 and registered as an historic monument in 1926, the belfry is one of the oldest in France, built in 1209. On 20 May 1940, during a bombing, its roof was damaged and it was only in 1986 that it was rebuilt. The belfry is one of the fifty-six belfries of Belgium and France registered in 2005 by the World Heritage Committee of UNESCO. It is on the list of world heritage of humanity, and has housed the museum of the city since 1954.
caption: The belfry and the Boucher-de-Perthes Museum
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