The Amiénoises

The Amiens houses, in Amiens

The Amiens houses, nicknamed the Amiénoises, are the typical terraced houses of Amiens, with a recognisable brick architecture. The Amiens audio-guided tour stops here to evoke this popular heritage, heritage of the Industrial Revolution, which gives the town its character.

The brick heritage of the town

So typical of the town that they are called simply the Amiénoises, the terraced houses of Amiens have a well recognisable style. Built of red brick, tile, cast iron and iron, they date largely from the nineteenth century, at the time of the Industrial Revolution, to host the workers and the employees in the full demographic boom of the town. These houses, aligned and adjoined to one another along the streets, present a sober but careful and harmonious architecture: brick façades with warm hues, sometimes enhanced with motifs or decors, tile roofs, and elements of ornate cast iron for the balconies, the grilles and the marquees. Narrow and generally organised on two or three levels, they offered a comfortable housing to the families. Beyond their function of housing, the Amiénoises compose coherent ensembles that give the streets of the town their so particular and warm visual identity, far from uniformity. Witnesses of the social and industrial history of Amiens, they today fully are part of its heritage and its charm. A popular heritage and an identity of the town, the Amiens houses are a fine facet of the discovery of Amiens.

What to see

Here you discover the typical terraced houses of Amiens, nicknamed the Amiénoises, with a recognisable style: built of red brick, tile, cast iron and iron in the nineteenth century to house the workers and the employees, aligned along the streets, they present brick façades with warm hues and elements of ornate cast iron, composing ensembles that give the town its so warm visual identity. The Amiens houses are an identity of Amiens. It is a fine facet, to be explored on foot.

Practical information

The Amiens houses are discovered over the streets of Amiens, reachable on foot. They are private dwellings that you admire from the street. You discover them by strolling in the different districts of the town, to meet this brick heritage.

What are the Amiens houses?

The typical terraced houses of Amiens, nicknamed the Amiénoises, with a well recognisable style: built of red brick, tile, cast iron and iron in the nineteenth century, at the time of the Industrial Revolution, to house the workers and the employees, they align along the streets their brick façades with warm hues and their elements of ornate cast iron, giving the town its visual identity.

Where to see the Amiens houses in Amiens?

Over the streets of the different districts of Amiens, in France.