ラマドレーヌの洞窟・トップ5

Nice, rolling section with no traffic.

The Château de Flers, bearing the date "1661" on its facade, was originally the residence of the Lords of Flers. It was destroyed during the French Revolution of 1789, but not confiscated because it belonged at that time to a foreign nobleman, the Baron de Diesbach. In the 19th and 20th centuries, the château enjoyed a second life as a farm: the salon, apartment, and reception hall were converted into a barn, cowshed, and stables. In 1968, with a view to the development of a new town east of Lille, the château was expropriated by the state and, in 1973, entrusted to the Public Institution for the Development of the New Town of Lille-East. The municipality of Villeneuve-d'Ascq became the owner in 1986. They completed the restoration of the building, which had been entrusted from the outset to architect Maurice Salembier. After restoring its 17th-century appearance, the Château de Flers began a third life as a municipal building in 1991. Today, it houses various services, the tourist office, rooms for official receptions, and a museum. Source: Information board on site

Love the building, love even more its goal and collection now.

If you are patient, you might see the Countess...

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This building from the end of the 19th century was in fact a cotton mill, rebuilt after a violent fire in the "neo-Gothic" style with crenellated walls and stepped gables. Inside this fortress, the engineers fought a form of battle: relentless competition against British factories. And for this, the Roubaix industrialists "drew" very strongly from English methods, their processes and their machines... an almost fair battle! After the end of the activity in 1981, the factory, taken over by the State, was transformed by the architect Alain Sarfati. It now houses the National Archives of the World of Work.

This historical monument, under the control of the Ministry of Defense, is the Citadel of Lille and the Museum of the Sedentary Artillerymen. It is called the Queen of Citadels, built by Vauban in 1670. The building is in the shape of a regular pentagon, reinforced by powerful bastions, within which the buildings are arranged in a star shape to form a large central courtyard. Around it and open to the public at all times is a beautiful park (with a zoo and a playground), but if you stay on the path, you walk along this star.

This former cotton mill (1862), an example of 19th century industrial architecture, was restored in 1993 by architect Alain Sarfati; it now houses the National Labour Archives. From the outside, this "castle of industry" resembles both a steamship and a medieval fortress, with its battlements and watchtower, and also its iron drawbridge, which dominates the entrance.