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Apr 21, 2024 · Lille, city, capital of Nord département and of the Hauts-de-France région, northern France, situated on the Deûle River, 136 miles (219 km) north-northeast of Paris, and 9 miles (14 km) from the Belgian frontier by road.
Discover Lille’s most beautiful sites and monuments aboard a convertible coach that takes you on a tour of a large part of the city. Guided tour of Old Lille. Stroll through the charming cobbled streets of Vieux-Lille and discover its rich history. All tours.
Lille (Dutch: Rijsel) is the capital of the Hauts-de-France region in northern France and the core of one of the largest metropolitan agglomerations in the country.
Jun 14, 2019 · Its design studios and artisan shops will take centre stage throughout 2020 when Lille is France's first World Design Capital. Here's how to get the most out of a three-day visit.
Lille. From the top of the town hall’s belfry, the whole of Lille is laid before you. It’s a view that stretches from the Porte de Paris, bearing the hallmark of Louis XIV, and runs all the way to the hills of Flanders in Belgium.
Lille is to France what Manchester is to England – the regional capital and powerhouse of what was in the past the nation's industrial heartland. The capital city of French Flanders was, until the 1950s, at the heart of a thriving industrial area, built up around three of the great sectors of the industrial age, coal, machinery and textiles.
Explore. Hello Architecture and Heritage. History of Lille. Founded, according to legend, around 640 AD by the giants Lyderic and Phinaert, Lille was in turn Flemish, Burgundian and under Spanish rule, before becoming French in 1668, following Louis XIV’s conquest of the city. Today, it is France’s third most populous metropolis. Originally, water.
