Visits

Annexing the City Hall is the Calais Belfry, which is accessible in a lift and offers a panoramic view over the entire city and its surroundings from...

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Place du Soldat inconnu
62100

The museum is located alongside Richelieu Park in the city’s historic centre. It houses collections focusing on five areas of interest: local history,...

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Rue Richelieu
62100

Located in the Saint-Pierre disctrict, the historic centre of the lace industry in Calais, the City of Lace and Fashion is set in an authentic collect...

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135 Quai du Commerce
62100

It was the heart of medieval Calais, damaged during the last war, and still houses a twiceweekly market. A statue of Charles and Yvonne De Gaulle-Vend...

Place d'Armes
62100

Located in the heart of the city, the present city hall was designed by architect Louis Debrouwer, who pioneered the use of reinforced c oncrete. Its...

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Place du Soldat Inconnu
62100

After the reconquest of Calais in 1558, the French monarchs wished to convert this site into a large fortress. They had the old medieval castle demoli...

Avenue Pierre de Coubertin
62100

Construction of the theatre commenced in April 1903 when the first stone was laid by French President Emile Loubet. Located at the intersection of the...

Boulevard Pasteur
62100

Located in the Courgain Maritime district, the 58-metre-high lighthouse towers over the city. Repeated shipwrecks near the coast led the maritime auth...

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Boulevard des Alliés
62100

The monument is a tribute to Joseph Marie Charles, better known as Jacquard (1752-1834), the inventor of the loom which still bears his name. In 183...

Place Albert 1er
62100

Just two centuries ago, in the early afternoon of Sunday 24 April 1814, King Louis 18t,h having sailed across from Dover, disembarked from the Royal S...

boulevard des Alliés
62100

The Monument des Sauveteurs. The original monument was built in 1791 to commemorate the sacrifice made by Calais citizens Gavet and Mareschal, who per...

Quai Delpierre
62100

It is believed that the “Fort de lapins” was built in 1690 by the military engineer Vauban. It served as a redoubt*, an outwork on the shoreline north...

Route Départementale 940
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