Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #3 in Lille, France

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Number of sights 10 sights
Distance 4.4 km
Ascend 32 m
Descend 31 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 Lille

Sight 1: La Noble Tour

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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.

Wikipedia: Noble Tour (FR)

315 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 2: Hôpital Saint-Sauveur

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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.

Wikipedia: Hôpital Saint-Sauveur (FR)

100 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 3: Église Saint-Sauveur

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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)

390 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 4: Hôtel de Marchiennes

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The Hôtel de Marchiennes is a private mansion located in Lille, in the Nord department.

Wikipedia: Hôtel de Marchiennes (FR)

272 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 5: Belfry

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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.

Wikipedia: Beffroi de Lille (FR), Website

654 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 6: Musée d'Histoire Naturelle et de Géologie

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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.

Wikipedia: Musée d'histoire naturelle de Lille (FR), Website

305 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 7: Synagogue

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Lille Synagogue is an Ashkenazi Jewish synagogue in Lille, France.

Wikipedia: Lille Synagogue (EN)

111 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 8: Temple protestant

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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.

Wikipedia: Temple protestant de Lille (FR)

1449 meters / 17 minutes

Sight 9: Maison Folie de Lille Wazemmes

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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.

Wikipedia: Maison folie de Wazemmes (EN), Website

824 meters / 10 minutes

Sight 10: La Malterie

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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.

Wikipedia: La Malterie (FR), Website

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