Lille Travel: France
Lille is a city in northern France on the Dele River. It is the capital of the Nord-Pas-de-Calais rgion. It is also the prfecture (capital) of the Nord dpartement. It lies near the border with Belgium and its Dutch name is Rijsel.
The city of Lille absorbed Lomme on February 27, 2000. Their combined population at the 1999 census was 212,597 inhabitants. The whole metropolitan area of Lille, both on French and Belgian territory (Kortrijk) was estimated in 2000 at around 1,730,000 inhabitants, ranking as one of the major metropolitan areas of Europe.
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ourcoing is a city and commune of northern France, in the Nord département, located near the cities of Lille and Roubaix and the Belgian border. Population (1999): 94,204.
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From 1848 to 1914, the restored railway station houses the French national colletion of art. In 1986 the museum was opened which has attracted pilgrim's from for and wide who come to take in the stunning collection of Imprssionist and Post Impressionist art. The magnificient Paintings include five monet canvases of Rouen cathedral, ballet scenes by Degas, Coubet's shocking L'Origine du Monde, a hyperrealistic painting depicting a naked woman lying on her back, and works by Cezanne, Van Gogh, Renoir and Toulouse Lautree. This collection also contains several fine sculptures as well as examples from the Art Nouveau movement. Don't
Many years ago there was a 1:1 reproduction of one of the famous caves of Lascaux (France), which cannot be visited, at the Roemer-Pelizaeus-Museum. Lascaux apparently has incredible reproductions of cave paintings.
Contact Address
Grote de Lascaux, Semitour Perigord,
25 rue du President Wilson,
BP 1024, 24001 Periguex Cedex,
France
Ph. : (05) 5335 5010, Fax : (05) 5306 3094
Opening Dates and times
Sept-Jun : Tues-sun : 09.30-18.30 pm
July-Aug : Daily : 09.00-20.00 pm
Entrace Fees are FFr50 for adults, FFr25 for child bet 6-12 yr and Free for child under 6.
Saint-Nazaire Travel: France
Saint-Nazaire is a city and commune in the Loire-Atlantique département of France, of which it is a sous-préfecture. It is a major harbor, on the right bank of the Loire river estuary, near the Atlantic Ocean.
