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The Van der Cruisse de Waziers hotel is a former mansion located at 95 rue Royale in Lille, in the Nord department. Built by architect Thomas-Joseph Gombert for Claude Henri François Vanderlinde, then Treasurer of France, it embodies the prestigious civil architecture of his time. The building, with its entrance courtyard and garden, is separated from the street by a monumental gate decorated with wrought iron, reflecting the social status of its successive owners.

The hotel then belonged to Michel Van der Cruysse, whose family later adopted the name Van der Cruisse de Waziers. According to the sources, the unsuccessful talks between France and England at the end of the French Revolution took place in this hotel, although this information remains to be confirmed. The building was listed as historic monuments on 27 January 1948, recognizing its heritage value.

With an area of 1,200 m2, the hotel combines architectural elegance and political history. Its inscription among the historical monuments of Lille and the North makes it a remarkable testimony of the Lille heritage, linked to both the urbanisation of the eighteenth century and the post-revolutionary diplomatic events.

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