25 Sights in Lille, France (with Map and Images)

Lille Cathedral, the Basilica of Notre Dame de la Treille, is a Roman Catholic church and basilica in Lille, France, and the cathedral of the Archdiocese of Lille. An example of Gothic Revival architecture, the cathedral is considered a national monument.

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The Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille is a municipal museum of art and antiquities located on Place de la République in Lille, Hauts-de-France region. It is one of the largest museums in France and the largest museum of fine arts, outside Paris, in number of works exhibited.

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The belfry of Lille City Hall, inaugurated in 1932, is the tallest civil belfry in Europe. The project for its construction was the result of the destruction of the old town hall during the First World War.

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Wallace fountains are public drinking fountains named after, financed by and roughly designed by Sir Richard Wallace. The final design and sculpture is by Wallace's friend Charles-Auguste Lebourg. They are large cast-iron sculptures scattered throughout the city of Paris, France, mainly along the most-frequented sidewalks. A great aesthetic success, they are recognized worldwide as one of the symbols of Paris. A Wallace fountain can be seen outside the Wallace Collection in London, the gallery that houses the works of art collected by Sir Richard Wallace and the first four Marquesses of Hertford.

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The Maison Folie Wazemmes is a cultural facility of the City of Lille, opened on the occasion of the Lille 2004 event, the European Capital of Culture. This former textile mill was rehabilitated by the Dutch agency Nox and the architect Lars Spuybroek accompanied by Ducks Scéno a French company based in Villeurbanne specializing in scenography and museography. for the design of the scenography of the 250-seat auditorium and the recording studio and Flanders Analyzes for the acoustic studies, to become in 2004, the house Folie Wazemmes.

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The Church of Sainte-Marie-Madeleine is a church located in the Old Lille district of Lille. Nicknamed "the big Madeleine" because of its squat silhouette and baroque dome. It was classified as a Historic Monument in October 1965. It has been decommissioned for worship since 1989 and has been transformed into an exhibition space. In 1991, the former chapel of the Discalced Carmelites became the parish church of Sainte-Marie-Madeleine.

Wikipedia: Église Sainte-Marie-Madeleine de Lille (FR)

The Parc zoologique de Lille, also known locally as Parc zoologique du Bois de Boulogne, is a French zoological park located in the Hauts-de-France region, in the Vauban-Esquermes district of the city of Lille, at the foot of the citadel. Opened in 1950, it is owned by the City of Lille. In 2024, it will present more than 350 animals of 80 species on 3.5 hectares. It has been directed by Sophie Dardalhon since March 2020.

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La Malterie is a Lille-based association located in the Wazemmes district. She works in the fields of contemporary creative music and visual arts. It is a support structure for research and artistic experimentation and includes workspaces, places of dissemination, and a resource centre specialising in the professional status of visual artists. This site is served by the Porte des Postes metro station.

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The collegiate church of Saint-Pierre was a former large church located in Old Lille that punctuated the religious life of Lille for nearly 750 years. After being seriously damaged during the siege of the city by the Austrians in 1792, its destruction began in 1794. Its crypt, the only vestige that remains today, was classified as a historical monument in 1971.

Wikipedia: Collégiale Saint-Pierre de Lille (FR)

The Church of Saint-André in Lille is a church located on Rue Royale in Lille, in the Old Lille district. Its construction was spread from the 18th to the 19th century thanks to the contribution of three architects, Thomas-Joseph Gombert, François-Joseph Gombert and Louis Marie Cordonnier. It was classified as a historic monument by order of 17 October 1949.

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The Palais Rihour is a building located on Place Rihour in Lille, in the French department of Nord. It is all that remains of a palace built in the fifteenth century by the Dukes of Valois-Burgundy, de facto rulers of the Burgundian state. The guardroom of the building houses the city's tourist office. It was classified as a historical monument in 1875.

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The Église Saint-Maurice is a church on Rue Pierre-Mauroy, in the historic centre of Lille, northern France. Its construction began at the end of the 14th century and completed at the end of the 19th century, and it was extended over more than four centuries. A hall church in the Gothic style, it was made a monument historique in 1914.

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The Notre-Dame-de-Reconciliation Chapel is a chapel located at 28 rue de Canteleu, in the Vauban Esquermes district of Lille. Erected during the first half of the thirteenth century at the request of Countess Joan of Constantinople, it is the oldest sanctuary in Lille. It was listed as a historical monument in December 1926.

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The Souham Barracks or Saint-Maurice Barracks, is a former military barracks located in Place Saint-Hubert, Lille, Nord Department, France. Partially demolished in the early 1980s, the facades and roofs of all the remaining buildings as well as the fence walls of the barracks were listed as historical monuments in 1985.

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The scrive military hospital or regional Army Hospital Scrive, according to its last official name, is a former hospital in Lille, in the North department, in France. Adjoining the Saint-Étienne church, rue de l'Hôpital-Militaire, it was registered in the inventory of historic monuments in 1945.

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The church of the Sacred Heart is a church, located at the crossroads of rue Nationale and rue Solférino, in the Lille-Center district in Lille. Erected in recent decades of the 19th century, it contains a set of eleven stained glass windows classified as a historic monument since 1983.

Wikipedia: Église du Sacré-Cœur de Lille (FR)

The Monument to General Faidherbe is an equestrian statue of the French general Louis Faidherbe, located in Lille. Designed by Antonin Mercié, cast by Thièbaut frères, it was inaugurated in 1896 on Place Richebé and was listed as a historical monument in 1975.

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The Natural History Museum of Lille is a French natural history museum located on Rue de Bruxelles, in the historic university district of Lille. Inaugurated in 1822 in the former Lille City Hall, it has been located on rue de Bruxelles since 1896.

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The house of Gilles de la Boë, also known as the Bon Bouillon, is a Flemish Mannerist style house, located at the corner of Place Louise-de-Bettignies and Avenue du Peuple-Belge in Lille. It was classified as a historical monument on 3 April 1933.

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The Hospice Comtesse or Hospice Notre-Dame is a 17th-century hospice on Rue de la Monnaie in the Old Town area of Lille, France, first built in 1236 by Joan, Countess of Flanders. It is now a museum on the history of the hospice.

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The Noble Tour is a former bastion of the ramparts of Lille and is the last standing vestige of the city's medieval fortifications. It was built under Philip the Bold (Duke of Burgundy and husband of Margaret III of Flanders.

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The Protestant temple of Lille is a religious building located at Place du Temple in Lille. The parish is a member of the United Protestant Church in France. This site is served by the Metro République - Fine Arts station.

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The Birthplace of Charles de Gaulle is a French museum located in Lille, in the Hauts-de-France, France. Previously, the museum was the home of Charles de Gaulle's maternal grandparents, where he was born in 1890.

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The Saint-Sauveur church is located on rue Saint-Sauveur in Lille, in the Lille-Centre district. It was built on the site of an old Gothic church that burned down in 1896 and lasted from 1898 to 1902.

Wikipedia: Église Saint-Sauveur de Lille (FR)

The Hôtel d'Hailly d'Aigremont, or d'Ailly d'Aigremont, is a private mansion located at 45 rue de Roubaix in Lille. It is now the residence of the commanding general of the French Army's Land Forces.

Wikipedia: Hôtel d'Hailly d'Aigremont (FR)