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| Hospice Comtesse Museum |
32, rue de la monnaie
Tél. : 0033 3 28 36 84 00
Fax : 03 28 36 84 07
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Hospital was founded in 1237 per Jeanne of Constantinople, countess
of Hainaut and Flanders. after several fire, the hospital was rebuilt
at different place: the large room of the patients, the vault, the
building of the religious community...
99 years lease signed in 1944 between the city and the administration
for the installation of the museum. Another name: Hospice Notre
Dame
The splendid buildings of this old hospital organize around two
courts located on both sides immense room of the patients. Installed
in the home of the Community, the museum restores the environment
of a Flemish religious house at the XVIIe century. The superb kitchen
with the entirely covered walls of squares of Lille, the dining
room, the apartments of the prioress are the occasion to discover
most of regional decorative objets d'art. Flemish and Dutch paintings
XVIIe, pieces of furniture, an extraordinary whole of earthenware
of Lille and goldsmithery inhabitants of Lille, furniture and old
musical instruments...
It is in the famous street « rue de la Monnaie », of
the name of the old « hôtel de la Monnaie », established
by Louis XIV. Do not forget to raise the head to discover frontages
and barges decorated and carved. The Museum proposes guided tours
and "special" meetings.
The museum is open
Monday from 2 pm To 5 pm,
Wednesday to Sunday from 10 am to 12:30 am and from 2 pm to 6 pm.
Closed Tuesday and some of bank holidays.
Closed for work juqu' in April 2006 (provided).
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| Museum of the Sedentary Canonneers of Lille |
44 rue des Canonniers
Tél. : 0033 3 20 55 58 90
Entrance : rue des Urbanistes
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The batallion of Sedentary Canonneers of Lille is today the only
survival in France of the communal militias of the past. Created
in 1483 by the Habsbourgsn it was reorganised in 1803 by Napoléon
Bonaparte. The latter gave to the Batallion the ancient convent
of the Urbanists, built since 1631. the museum, the project of witch
dates to 1848, was entirely renovated in 1989.
Amongst many civilian and military objects, the most amazing pieces
are the two caliber 4 cannons of the Gribeauval system :
unique in the world, they were offered by Napoléon Bonaparte
and are displayed with all their accessories.
The museum is open
Monday to Saturday from 2 P.M to 5 P.M,
all the week for the groups on appointment.
(closed bank holidays, from mid-December to the day before February's
holidays and the first three weeks of August).
Admission fees
Normal : 5 € Reduced : 3 € (military, student, + 60 years-old,
friends of the museums)
Couples : 8 € - 15 years-old : free if accompanied Group (minimum
15 people): 1,5 € per person (+ guide: 23 €)
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| Native house of Charles de Gaulle |
9, rue Princesse
Tél. : 03 20 06 41 77
Fax : 03 28 38 12 09
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Charles de Gaulle was born in the street Princesse on November
22 in 1890, in the house of his maternal grandparents, Jules-Emile
and Julia Maillot, manufacturers of the textile. Classified Historic
building in 1990, the native House is today the property of the
Charles de Gaulle 's Foundation.
Thanks to the family memories and the personal objects gathered
in this residence, the visitor is plunged in the environment which
could reign at the time of the birth of Charles de Gaulle. The evocation
of the daily newspaper of his grandparents makes it possible to
present the life in North at the end of the XIXe century and more
particularly the traditions and the practices of a middle-class
family characteristic of this time. Each part of the house is pretext
to point out an episode of the life and youth of Charles de Gaulle.
The Museum is open
Wednesday to Sunday from 10 am to 12 am and from 2 pm to 5 pm.
Except bank holidays.
Admission fees
Normal : 5 € Reduced : 3 €
- 10 years-old : free Group : 1,5 € per person - visit guided
(max 15 people): 30 €)
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