Saint-Omer, ville d'art et d'histoire...
Les Monuments - Aéroclub de Saint-Omer - L'USSO
				Street of Écusserie and Épeers These two streets brought together the arms manufacturers and the furbishers who forged ecus or shields and white weapons in particular of the swords. The work of metals seems to have been a tradition in this sector of the city.
The street of Écusserie forms with the street Saint-Croix a large arc of circle which aproximativement marks the layout of the pregnant first of IXe century which included the church of in-high then the mound lady of the manor. She was called street of the Gold Mount because of the sign now disappeared from the house n°4 which represented a heap of gold coins. During the Revolution, it was indicated under the name of street of the Republicans. The first way which goes down from the street of Écusserie towards the street Saint-Bertin is the street of Épeers, which bore initially the street name of Goldsmithery then that of street of Heaume. It is in this street that the printer and bookseller Martin Domenica Fertel (1684-1752) composed and published in 1723 a work illustrated on the practical science of printing works.
		The frontage of the house located at the angle of the street of Épeers and Écusserie comprises a statue of Nicolas Saint in a niche whose decoration reflects the influence of the Flemish baroque. Above the niche, one notices a pendant which probably supported the " gold Heaume " which was used as sign to the established arms manufacturer at this place and which, for a time, gave its name to the street of Épeers. With the n°27 of the street of Écusserie: " Yci are the three Roys ". This old hotel trade which carries the date of 1633 presents a frontage of Flemish style. The statues of the Magi were remade in 1860. At the n°45 and 47, house rebuilt after the war of 1914-1918 by the architect Gustave Vandenbergue. One of rare constructions audomaroises of XXe century which takes as a starting point the the Flemish style of XVIIe century.