Boulogne-sur-Mer
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Boulogne-sur-Mer, often called just Boulogne, is a port city in Northern France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department of Pas-de-Calais. Boulogne lies on the Côte d'Opale, a touristic stretch of Fr
A general view from the Brecquerecque Quarter: The modern lighthouse, the medieval bell tower and the English Channel
The Tour d'Ordre, a Roman lighthouse, in 1550. It fell into the sea in 1644, having stood for over 1600 years.
The Column of the Grande Armée commemorates Napoleon's gathering of 200,000 soldiers near Boulogne for a proposed invasion of the United Kingdom. His statue is at the top
A "special pass" issued for travel within Boulogne by the British Red Cross in May 1917, during World War I
Lille
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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 prefec
From top to bottom, left to right: the Lille Tower, some towers of Euralille, the Rue de la Clef in Old Lille, the Place du Général-de-Gaulle, the Shangri-La tulip sculpture for Lille 2004, the Porte de Paris with the belfry of the City Hall and Lille-Flandres train station
The Vieille Bourse on the Grand' Place
Siege of Lille in 1708, by John Wootton.
Lille in 1793