Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #2 in Lille, France
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5.8 km
94 m
Experience Lille in France in a whole new way with our self-guided sightseeing tour. This site not only offers you practical information and insider tips, but also a rich variety of activities and sights you shouldn't miss. Whether you love art and culture, want to explore historical sites or simply want to experience the vibrant atmosphere of a lively city - you'll find everything you need for your personal adventure here.
Activities in LilleIndividual Sights in LilleSight 1: Hôtel d'Avelin
The Hôtel d'Avelin is a private mansion located in Lille, in the Nord department. It has been listed as a Historic Monument since 1944.
Sight 2: Ancien hôtel militaire des Bleuets
The Hôtel Militaire des Bleuets is a private mansion located on Place aux Bleuets in Lille, in the Nord department.
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 general commanding the Land Forces of the French army.
Sight 4: Maison dite des Vieux Hommes
The House of the Old Men 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 5: Caserne Souham
The Souham Barracks or Saint-Maurice Barracks, is a former military barracks located on Place Saint-Hubert, in Lille, in the Nord department, France. Partially demolished in the early 1980s, the facades and roofs of all the remaining buildings as well as the enclosing walls of the barracks were listed as historical monuments in 1985.
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 Ramery
The Hôtel Ramery is a former private mansion located at 18 rue des Arts in Lille, in the Nord department.
Sight 8: 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 9: Rang de Beauregard
The Rang de Beauregard is a row of 14 private houses located on the Place du Théâtre in Lille. The range was listed as a historic monument on 8 June 1966.
Sight 10: Bâtiment dit la Grande Garde
The Théâtre du Nord is a performance hall located on the Grand'Place in Lille, France. The theatre is located in an old eighteenth-century guardhouse known as the Grande Garde, listed in the inventory of historical monuments since 27 June 1925.
Sight 11: Palais Rihour
Book Ticket*The Palais Rihour is a building located on Place Rihour in Lille, in the Nord department of France. 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 building's guard room houses the city's tourist office. It was classified as a historical monument in 1875.
Sight 12: Hôpital militaire Scrive, ancien collège des Jésuites
The Scrive Military Hospital or Scrive Regional Army Hospital, as it was last officially named, is a former hospital in Lille, in the Nord department, France. Adjoining the Saint-Étienne church, rue de l'Hôpital-Militaire, it was listed as a historical monument in 1945.
Sight 13: Église Saint-Étienne
The Church of Saint-Étienne, Lille is a Roman Catholic church located on the rue de l'Hôpital Militaire in Lille, France. It has been classed as a monument historique since 1987 and is dedicated to Saint Stephen. It is one of the largest Jesuit churches in France.
Sight 14: Hôtel Petipas de Walle
The Petipas de Walle Hotel is a private mansion located in Lille, in the Nord department.
Sight 15: Ancien canal de la Baignerie
The Canal de la Baignerie, also known as the Canal de la Rue de l'Arc or the Canal de l'Arc, is a former canal of the city of Lille built at the beginning of the fifteenth century after the annexation by the city of the parish of Sainte-Catherine.
Sight 16: Immeuble, siège du Cercle Philosophique et Culturel
The Masonic Temple of Lille is a building consisting of two buildings located in Lille, in the French department of Nord and the Hauts-de-France region, meeting place of the lodge "La Lumière du Nord" of the Grand Orient de France and headquarters of the Philosophical Circle of the Lille Metropolis.
Sight 17: Église Sainte-Catherine
The Sainte-Catherine church is located on rue Sainte-Catherine in the Vieux-Lille district of Lille in the French Nord department in the Hauts-de-France region.
Sight 18: Square Daubenton
Square Daubenton is a square in the city of Lille.
Sight 19: Lille à ses Fusillés
The Lille Executed is a sculpted monument located in Lille, square Daubenton. It commemorates the execution by the Germans of five resistance fighters from the First World War.
Sight 20: Hôtel Catel-Béghin
The Hotel Catel-Béghin is a private mansion located in Lille, in the Nord department.
Sight 21: Palais Rameau
The Palais Rameau is a building in Lille designed by the Lille architects Auguste Mourcou and Henri Contamine. It was classified as a historical monument in 2002.
Sight 22: 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-Centre district of Lille. Erected during the last decades of the nineteenth century, it contains a set of eleven stained glass windows classified as a historical monument since 1983.
Sight 23: 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 the Place Richebé and was listed as a historical monument in 1975.
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