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프레슈크 생태 터널은 2021년 초에 개통되었으며, 서플란데런 지역 최초의 터널입니다. 크고 작은 동물들이 이 터널을 통해 E403 고속도로 아래를 안전하게 이동할 수 있습니다. 이는 교통 안전을 높이고 프레슈크 숲 주변의 자연이 풍부한 지역들을 더 잘 연결해 줍니다. 2022년 여름, 다비트 두이츠는 생태 터널과 차도 사이의 분리벽에 올빼미, 개구리, 고슴도치 등 동물들을 그려 넣었습니다.

Until 1983, the last 300 meters of line 271 000, Roubaix-Wattrelos, ran here. At the other end, it connected to Belgian line 85 to Leupegem, Oudenaarde. The only 3.6 km long and never electrified line 271 000 no longer carried passenger trains after 1932.

The street art on the cabinet at the Sartel lock is by Pi80, one of the members of the Collectif Renart from Lille.

However dilapidated the castle may be, the future promises improvement: The current owners of the castle, Pierre and Annie Moulin-Duthoit and their children, are responsible for its restoration, particularly Olivier Moulin, who wrote a thesis on this heritage at the end of his architectural studies. ...that's why you can see signs of construction work from a distance (approaching close is not permitted). Source: leershistorique.fr

The Château de Royères, probably around 1100, was a feudal motte with a wooden tower and a retractable walkway... which Havide de Néchin brought as a dowry to Lambert de Wattrelos. The inhabitants of Tournai submitted to Philip II Augustus. The Tournai region would belong to the French royal family for over 300 years (1187-1521). La Royère is located in the Château de Lille, in the Flanders region, on the hills of Leers and Néchin, on the edge of the Wattines forest, on the border with Tournaisis: it is the castle of the border. In 1227, it was probably a feudal motte with a stone tower that was purchased by Arnoul IV. Wealthier than the seller Hugues de Roubaix, he may have had Tournai's stone walls built. From 1500 onwards, the lords of Roubaix also became lords of La Royère through marriage: the de Werchin and the de Melun. Pierre de Melun, governor of Tournai, lord of Roubaix and La Royère, and a Protestant supporter, was considered civilly dead by Philip II, the Catholic king. His possessions passed to the Ligne family through Anne de Melun. As a supporter of the Edict of Nantes (Henry IV, 1598), Louis XIV returned La Royère to the de Melun family. This led to family disputes: the property first went to the de Ligne family and then back to the de Melun family. A Crombez from Tournai bought La Royère, 35 hectares (Popp map circa 1850). Miss Crombez de Remond de Montmort married Count Ferdinand Costa de Saint-Gérix de Beauregard… Everything was then sold to farmers. Source: leershistorique.fr

Friendly side

Marshland surrounded by a very smooth gravel road. Accessible by mountain bike. The marsh is very dry in summer.

Located close to Sailly lez Lannoy, this impressive sculpture is in an unexpected location. The road here is partly cobbles with strips of tarmac to the verge sides. I do not know if this is a tribute to certain people or a team. Being English I am unaware of the history of the sculpture