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

Colonne commémorative
62100 Calais

The Louis XVIII column is an early 19th-century memorial erected in Calais to mark the king's landing in 1814. Located in the district of Courgain, it symbolizes a key episode of the Restoration.

62153 Ablain-Saint-Nazaire

Historical monument dedicated to General Maistre and the 21st Army Corps, located in Ablain-Saint-Nazaire (Pas-de-Calais). Joined the Historic Monuments in 2017, he pays tribute to the First World War soldiers.

Patrimoine minier
59156 Lourches

The monument to Charles Mathieu, bronze statue on stone base located in Lourches (Hauts-de-France), pays tribute to the director of the Douchy mines. Built in 1901, it symbolizes the mining history of Nord-Pas-de-Calais.

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.

59240 Dunkerque

The Monument of the Foundation, built in 1910 in Rosendaël (Dunkerque), is an Art Nouveau book in armed cement commemorating the 50th anniversary of the commune. Displaced in 1921, it is classified as Historic Monument.

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.

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.

62590 Oignies

Early 20th-century memorial in Oignies, Hautes-de-France, celebrating the discovery of coal in 1841 and honouring Madame Declercq. Reconstructed in 1932 after World War I.