Selection of the most beautiful monuments in the North

Beffroi
59500 Douai

The belfry of Douai, a Gothic symbol of the 14th and 15th centuries, dominates the city and its town hall in the Hauts-de-France. Ranked a historic monument in 1862, it has been home to an iconic carillon since 1391.

Beffroi
59280 Armentières

The belfry of Armentières, rebuilt in the 20th century in a neo-Flamand style, dominates the northern city. A historic symbol, it peaks at 67 metres and houses an iconic carillon.

Eglise gothique
59500 Douai

The collegiate Saint-Pierre de Douai, a 18th- and 19th-century religious building, is a former collegiate, classical and Flemish Gothic style located in Douai, Hauts-de-France. It is 112 metres long and houses an exceptional Cavaillé-Coll organ and major works of art.

Eglise romane et gothique
59258 Les Rues-des-Vignes

The Abbey of Vaucelles, a former 12th-century Cistercian abbey located at Les Rues-des-Vignes (Hautes-de-France), was founded in 1131 by Saint Bernard and housed the largest Cistercian abbey church in the world before its partial destruction.

Moulin à vent
59670 Cassel

The Moulin de l'Étendard, located in Cassel (North), is a 14th century pivot mill, a witness to the Gallo-Roman and medieval history of the region. Ranked an archaeological site, it dominates the Flemish plain.

Abbaye
59380 Bergues

The Carrée Tower of the Abbey of Saint-Winoc, remains of a Benedictine abbey of the eleventh century in Bergues (Nord), bears witness to the religious and medieval history of the Hauts-de-France.

Eglise gothique
59140 Dunkerque

The Saint-Éloi church of Dunkirk, nicknamed the 'Sands Cathedral', is a 15th-century Catholic church in the Hauts-de-France region, a historical monument in the North. His belfry, classified at UNESCO, is an emblematic vestige.

Place
59500 Douai

Set of fourteen historic 18th-century houses, located Place du Marché-au-Poisson in Douai, remarkable for their narrow facades and post-war reconstruction of Spain's Succession.