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A beautiful castle which was located in Croix, in the Nord department. It was commissioned by Paul Cavrois, a Roubaix textile industrialist, to the Parisian architect Robert Mallet-Stevens. Its beautiful shape and sand-colored brick cladding made it a unique and modern villa. . The villa was used as a barracks by the German occupiers during World War II. It is listed as a historical monument since 1990.Address : 60 Avenue du Président John Fitzgerald Kennedy, 59170 Croix, France
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Parc BarbieuxThe Barbieux park is located in the town of Roubaix , part of Lille Métropole . It is a remarkable park for the presence of more than 60 species of trees. It stretches over 1.5 kilometers with an area of 34 hectares. This park divides the town of Croix into two parts . The surroundings of the park of Barbieux constitute the richest zone of the city of Roubaix, with many luxurious houses.
La Piscine MuseumLa Piscine Museum is a museum of Roubaix that this composite collection of applied arts and fine arts made from the xix th century including fabrics, parts decorative arts, sculptures, paintings, and drawings. It is housed in an old Art Deco- style swimming pool, built between 1927 and 1932 1 by the Lille architect Albert Baert, hence its nickname "La Piscine". It also offers numerous conferences, activities to discover the five senses, courses at the École du Louvre; there is also a dedicated
Lille Métropole Museum of Modern, Contemporary and Outsider ArtA beautiful museum which was dedicated to modern art in the Hauts-de-France region. The museum was renowned for its iconic building and also the collections of 20th and 21st century in4000 sq m exhibition space. It also has a library, workshops, education rooms, a cafe, and a remarkable sculpture park too. It gives an overview in modern and contemporary art, including drawings, painting, sculpture, photography, prints, illustrated books and so more.
Deûle parkThe Deûle park is a park suburban of 400 hectares of northern France structured around Upper Deûle, which was established to protect the good fields south of the irreplaceable Lille conurbation. It is an important element of the regional green network and an important recreation area in a particularly densely urbanized region poor in green spaces. It is a rich mosaic of more or less natural or anthropogenic environments developed over a vast area of former marshes, largely drained and above
Saint Maurice Catholic Church at LilleThe striking Église Saint-Maurice, situated in the historic center of Lille, has been subject to a number of makeovers from its genesis in the Middle Ages to the last extension of the city in 1868. The interior houses a number of 17th and 18th-century paintings by artists from the city. The central chapel is dedicated to Sainte-Barbe, patroness of the Lille artillerymen whose story visitors can discover in the museum nearby. The construction of the actual church took more than 400 years.
Hospice Comtesse MuseumMusée de l'Hospice Comtesse is an institution founded in 1237 by Johanna of Constantinople in Lille. The hospice was subsequently used as a home for the elderly, a function it retained until 1939. After serving as a depot, it was set up as a museum from 1962, with an emphasis on the history of the city and the hospital itself. The hospice is home to a museum and also a venue for exhibitions and concerts.
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Hauts-de-FranceHauts de France is the northernmost region of France. It is a popular tourist destination for visitors traveling to see the battlefields and memorials associated with the First and Second World Wars. The region also features many cultural and architectural treasures, majestic belfries that are UNESCO World Heritage Sites, castles,Gothic cathedralsa and beautiful landscapes.
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