Arras in France is a quiet town with a lot of medieval history. We went around the market square and saw an old church. The streets look so empty that it is difficult to believe. St. Vedast (also known as St. Vaast) established an episcopal seat in the town and a monastic community, which developed during the Carolingian period into the immensely wealthy Benedictine Abbey of St. Vaast. The modern town of Arras initially grew up around the abbey as a grain market. Both town and abbey suffered during the 9th century from the attacks of the Vikings, who later settled to the west in Normandy. that such calm and quiet can exist any where. In the first world war also this town was bombed and converted into ruins and was later on rebuild but in the shape of a medieval town.
