Visits

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

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

After his victory at Crécy (26 August 1346), Edward III of England patiently laid siege to the city of Calais so as to starve the population into subm...

Place du Soldat Inconnu
62100

He was the “favourite son”, the “King” of the Courgain quarter, and his popularity there knew no bounds. Léon Vincent was born in the Rue Royale on 21...

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

Matthew Webb was born in 1848. At the age of 12, he joined a Merchant Navy training ship in Liverpool. 24 August 1872: J.B. Johnson abandoned his at...

Digue Gaston Berthe
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

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 World War II Museum (Musée de Mémoire 39-45), located in the heart of the city in an authentic blockhouse of the Kriegsmarine (German War Navy), w...

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Parc St-Pierre
62100

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