Visits

Located in the Saint-Pierre district, the historic lace-making heart of Calais, the City of Lace and Fashion finds its setting in an authentic collect...

135 Quai du Commerce
62100

It was the heart of medieval Calais, damaged during the last war. A market is still held there twice a week, Wednesday and Saturday morning. At the fo...

Place d'Armes
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 opposite the Richelieu Park, the Fine Arts Museum is the work of architect Paul Pamart. Its light and airy spaces bring together on two levels...

Rue Richelieu
62100

Parc Richelieu
62100

It is one of the first episodes of the Hundred Years' War. After his victory at Crécy (August 1346), Edward III of England led the siege of Calais, a...

Place du Soldat Inconnu
62100

Two mayors of Calais have their own bust in Calais, each in his favourite district. In northern Calais - the former medieval Calais - the Courgain Mar...

Boulevard des Alliés
62100

After the reconquest of Calais by France in 1558, the concern of the Kings of France was to turn the site into a great fortress. They razed the old me...

Avenue Pierre de Coubertin
62100

The monks of Saint-Bertin Abbey (in Saint Omer) authorised the construction of a church in 1223. The edifice as it stands today is the result of sever...

rue de Croy
62100

Construction of the theatre began in April 1903, the first stone having been laid by Emile Loubet, President of the Republic. Inaugurated in 1905 at t...

Boulevard Pasteur
62100

A first monument was built in 1791 after the sacrifice of Gavet and Mareschal, two men from the neighbourhood who had fallen victim to their devotion...

Quai Delpierre
62100

Originally there was a large sandbank there. When the English arrived in 1347, following the episode of the Bourgeois de Calais, they built a tower (L...

Avenue Raymond Poincaré
62100