THE STREET OF DELIVERANCE

Deliverance Street is one of the oldest streets in the city. It is said to have taken its name from a breach in the neighbouring rampart, which would have allowed the surrender of Béthune to the King of France. We can discover the only preserved barracks from this period: the Chambord barracks which nowadays houses housing. The cobblestones will then lead you to a set of quite spectacular buildings. The former convent of the Sisters of Charity is an orphanage installed in place of another convent, that of the Annonciades, founded by Isabelle of Luxembourg. She had a hotel built adjacent to the convent so that she could participate in the life of the nuns. Also called l'Abiette in reference to the abbots it housed, this hotel is the oldest building in the city. Built between 1510 and 1519, it has gone through centuries of turbulent history, has been successively transformed into a tannery, a flour mill, a rental for wealthy visitors to Paris, to finally become a general supply shop. Going up the street, you will pass in front of the second oldest residence of the city, built around 1525.