Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #1 in Lille, France
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5 km
76 m
Explore Lille in France with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.
Activities in LilleIndividual Sights in LilleSight 1: Caserne Souham
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.
Sight 2: Maison dite des Vieux Hommes
The Maison des Vieux Hommes is a house located in Lille, at 49 rue de Roubaix. Built in 1624, it was listed as a historical monument on 18 August 1944.
Sight 3: Hôtel d'Ailly-d'Aigrenont
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.
Sight 4: Hôtel Ramery
The Hôtel Ramery is a former private mansion located at 18 rue des Arts in Lille, in the Nord department.
Sight 5: Fontaine Wallace
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.
Sight 6: Église Saint-Maurice
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.
Sight 7: Hôtel de Marchiennes
The Hôtel de Marchiennes is a private mansion located in Lille, in the Nord department.
Sight 8: Église Saint-Sauveur
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.
Sight 9: Hôpital Saint-Sauveur
Saint-Sauveur Hospital is a former hospital in Lille, Nord department, France. The pavilion, the last vestige of the hospital, was classified as a historical monument in 1923 and 1962.
Sight 10: La Noble Tour
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.
Sight 11: Belfry
Book Ticket*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.
Sight 12: Statue de Faidherbe
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.
Sight 13: Palais des Beaux-Arts
Book Ticket*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.
Sight 14: Église du Sacré-Cœur
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.
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