THE BELFRY OF ST. LAWRENCE
A massive square tower, 58 m high, listed as a World Heritage Site by ...Read more
THE STEENMEULEN
A site rich in landscapes, culture and history, hosting visits to discover ...Read more
VILLA CAVROIS
A jewel of modern architecture, the Villa Cavrois offers an instructive ...Read more
OLDER STOCK EXCHANGE
The old stock exchange located in Lille, with identical houses with wooden ...Read more
LILLE BELFRY
Belfry of Lille, with a hundred of steps and a view to 50 km in the round, ...Read more
BELFRY AND TOWN HALL
Belfry-town hall, classified as a world heritage site, with a carillon of ...Read more
PARIS DOOR
The Porte de Paris, built by the architect Simon Vollant, is one of the ...Read more
BIRTHPLACE OF CHARLES DE GAULLE
The house where we discover the childhood of the man who was to become one ...Read more
THE FORT OF SECLIN
Fort dedicated to Great War artillery, built in 1873 and used by a regiment ...Read more
SHEEP BELFRY
This belfry is surmounted by a campanile decorated with watchtowers at the ...Read more
TOWN HOTEL
A hotel destroyed and then rebuilt in Flemish neo-Renaissance style, ...Read more
GHENT DOOR
Read moreBuilt by Pierre Raoul in 1620, under the golden age of the Spanish occupation, the Ghent Gate, which was renamed to the Revolution, is a building often ignored but tells a lot about the history of the great capital of the North. While peace and prosperity prevail in the city, it is enlarged for the fifth time by strengthening its defences. The city is surrounded by doors and ramparts. This explains the severe aspect of the exterior facade of the door that was made to impress the enemy. Its interior facade, turned to the city, is much more worked with a high roof roof and windows framed with stone cords. At the beginning, the door consisted only of one central passage, which was added two side arcades in 1875 to allow the passage of the tramway that legend until 1963. Today the Ghent Gate is partly occupied by the restaurant La Terrasse des Remparts, but it still serves as a starting point for discovering the city walls and the vast Winston Churchill Plain. The attached ramparts are the subject of a restoration programme implemented by the city with a rehabilitation structure and a project for the development of the garden in the bottom is under way. The history of the Ghent Door is not finished.
LILLE CITADEL
The only citadel in France to form a complete star, the citadel of Lille is ...Read more
RISBAN LIGHTHOUSE
A 63-metre-high lighthouse in Dunkirk, built on the ruins of a fort built ...Read more
CLOCK TOWER
Belfry of Armentières, 67 m high, classified as world heritage by Unesco, ...Read more
RIHOUR PALAIS
The palace is one of the few remaining examples of flamboyant Gothic ...Read more
MADHOUSE HOSPICE D'HAVRE
A former monastery in Tourcoing, the Hospice d'Havre is a place of cultural ...Read more
STATUE OF JEAN BART
The statue of the corsair was erected in 1845 by sculptor David d'Angers.Read more
LIGHTHOUSE OF PETIT-FORT-PHILIPPE
A 25.50-metre-high lighthouse built in the 19th century at Gravelines, ...Read more