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Maison Coilliot, Lille, France: The Maison Coilliot is an Art Nouveau house located in Lille, France, designed by Hector Guimard and completed in 1900. It became a listed building on 16 March 1977. Wikipedia
Circular staircase, Château de Chantilly, France: The Château de Chantilly is a historic French château located in the town of Chantilly, Oise, about 50 kilometres north of Paris. The site comprises two attached buildings: the Petit Château, built around 1560 for Anne de Montmorency, and the Grand Château, which was destroyed during the French Revolution and rebuilt in the 1870s. The château is owned by the Institut de France, which received it from Henri d'Orléans, Duke of Aumale. Wikipedia
Lille, France: Lille is a city in the northern part of France, within French Flanders. Positioned along the Deûle river, near France's border with Belgium, it is the capital of the Hauts-de-France region, the prefecture of the Nord department, and the main city of the European Metropolis of Lille. The city of Lille and 94 suburban French municipalities have formed since 2015 the European Metropolis of Lille, an indirectly elected metropolitan authority now in charge of wider metropolitan issues. Wikipedia
Amiens Cathedral, Amiens, France: The Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Amiens, or simply Amiens Cathedral, is a Roman Catholic church. The cathedral is the seat of the Bishop of Amiens. It is situated on a slight ridge overlooking the River Somme in Amiens, the administrative capital of the Picardy region of France, some 120 kilometres north of Paris. Wikipedia
Amiens, France: Amiens is a city and commune in northern France, located 120 km north of Paris and 100 km south-west of Lille. It is the capital of the Somme department in the region of Hauts-de-France. A central landmark of the city is Amiens Cathedral, the largest Gothic cathedral in France. Amiens also has one of the largest university hospitals in France, with a capacity of 1,200 beds. The author Jules Verne lived in Amiens from 1871 until his death in 1905, and served on the city council for 15 years. Amiens is the birthplace of French president Emmanuel Macron. Wikipedia
Malo-les-Bains, Dunkerque, France: Malo-les-bains is the most important beach in the Nord department. Lined with pretty villas built in the nineteenth century, it is one of the residential areas of Dunkirk renowned for its famous 4km long dike, a place for locals to walk as soon as the sun comes out. Lined with terraces, seafood restaurants & ice cream parlours that delight everyone. Dunkirk is a commune in the department of Nord in northern France. It lies 10 kilometres from the Belgian border. It has the third-largest French harbour. Wikipedia
Le Portel, France: Le Portel is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Le Portel is a tourist, fishing and light industrial town situated about 4 kilometres southwest of Boulogne town centre, at the junction of the D236 and D119 roads. It has a beach, and the white cliffs of the English coast can be seen across the sea on clear days. Le Portel translates as "the little port." The original Le Portel was a hamlet east of the town of Outreau. It became an independent municipality on 13 June 1856 by an imperial decree of Napoleon III. Wikipedia
Bergues, France: Bergues is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. It is situated 9 kilometres to the south of Dunkirk and 15 kilometres from the Belgian border. Locally it is referred to as "the other Bruges in Flanders". Bergues is a setting for the 2008 movie Welcome to the Sticks (Original French title: Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis). The town's name derives from the Dutch groene berg, which means "green hill". According to legend, Saint Winnoc, son of the Breton king, retired to Groenberg, a hill on the edge of the coastal marshes. His establishment soon developed into a small monastery. Wikipedia
Marie sans chemise, Horloge, Amiens, France: The one that all Amiens people call Marie sans chemise, is in fact officially named after a former mayor of Amiens, Louis Dewailly, who in his will of February 12, 1892, bequeathed 25,000 francs to the municipality for the construction of this clock. It was four years after the death of Louis Dewailly, on April 2, 1892, that the clock was born. It was the architect Émile Ricquier who was appointed to design the structure of the monument, while the sculptor Albert Roze was to adorn it with one of his works. The two men blamed each other for the delays. The clock was finally started on August 4, 1896..Émile Ricquier, born on 3 February 1846 in Amiens and died September 15, 1906 was a French architect. He was chief architect of the department of the Somme. Wikipedia
Old Boathouse Amiens, France: The old boathouse on the waterfront of the River Somme in the town of Amiens in the Picardy region of northern France. Amiens is a city and commune in northern France, located 120 km (75 mi) north of Paris and 100 km south-west of Lille. It is the capital of the Somme department in the region of Hauts-de-France. Wikipedia
Le Château Fort de Rambures, Rambures , France: Le Château de Rambures is a castle situated in the commune of Rambures in the Somme département of France. It was constructed in the Middle Ages in the style of a military fortress of the 15th century and was one of the first castles in Europe to be constructed almost exclusively in bricks. Wikipedia