Statues, arches, monuments classified in the Nord Pas-de-Calais

Pyramide
59830 Cysoing

Fontenoy's pyramid is a 17-metre obelisk erected in 1750 at Cysoing (Hauts-de-France), commemorating the French victory of 1745. Ranked a historic monument since 1840, it stands in the park of Saint-Calixte Abbey.

62580 Neuville-Saint-Vaast

The Monument to the memory of Polish volunteers is a 20th century commemorative work in Neuville-Saint-Vaast (Pas-de-Calais), carved by Maxime Real del Sarte. Listed at Historic Monuments in 2017.

Statue
59000 Lille

The equestrian statue of General Faidherbe, a bronze work by Antonin Mercié, has been throned Richebé in Lille since 1896. This monument of the last quarter of the 19th century celebrates a child of the city, controversial for its colonial role.

Colonne commémorative
62126 Wimille

The column of the Grande Armée, built at the beginning of the 19th century in Wimille (Hauts-de-France), is a 54-metre neo-classical memorial dedicated to Napoleon I and his soldiers, overlooking the Bolonnaise coast.

Monument
62300 Lens

The monument to Émile Basly, erected in the 2nd quarter of the 20th century in Lens, pays tribute to the trade unionist and emblematic politician of the Hauts-de-France mining basin.

62430 Sallaumines

The Monument to the Victims of the Courrières Disaster, erected in Sallaumines in the early twentieth century, pays tribute to the 1,099 miners who died in the 1906 mining explosion. This memorial, rebuilt after the First World War, symbolizes the working-class memory and social struggles of the Nord-Pas-de-Calais mining basin.

62170 Montreuil-sur-Mer

The monument to the dead of Montreuil-sur-Mer, erected at the beginning of the twentieth century, pays tribute to the soldiers of the commune who had fallen during the world wars. Located in Darnétal Square, it has been listed as a historical monument since 2012.

Monument
59163 Condé-sur-l'Escaut

The monument of the Clairon, a stone bust of the 1st quarter of the 20th century in Condé-sur-l'Escaut (Hautes-de-France), honours the tragic actress of the 18th century native of the city, surrounded by an Art Nouveau garden.