 The Art District is renowned for its Italian-style theatre hall built in 1785 and the "Hôtel de Guînes", a private 18th-century townhouse that attracts artists, designers and producers of intimist shows.Many of Arras's most remarkable structures, including the Musée des beaux-arts d'Arras and several government buildings, occupy the site of the old Abbey of St. Vaast.The abbey's church was demolished and rebuilt in fashionable classical style in 1833, and now serves as the town's cathedral.