Visits

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

The Calais Museum of Fine Arts across from Richelieu Park is the work of architect Paul Pamart. Its bright and clear spaces bring together on two leve...

Rue Richelieu
62100

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...

Place du Soldat inconnu
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...

135 Quai du Commerce
62100

A rivulet called the Hames, fordable at low tide, used to flow here after passing through a gap in a pebble bank. The site was called “Neuna Cove”. A...

Avenue Roger Salengro
62100

Parc Richelieu
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

After some lingering, themonks of the Abbey of St Bertin gave permission for the construction of the church of Notre Dame, which started in 1223. The...

rue de Croy
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

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
62231

Dating from the end of the 16th century, this fort was constructed on the site of an old English tower called “Lancaster Tower”. Its purpose was to de...

Avenue Raymond Poincaré
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