Here's a little presentation of our towns:
Lille
Lille is a city in the North of France near Belgium. It is an important city because
it’s the capital of the Nord-Pas-De-Calais
region. This city and the surronding ones
have more than 1 million inhabitants.
The area of the city is around 40 km².
There are a lot of monuments in Lille like
the Charles de Gaulle’s house, the
«Vieille Bourse» on the Grand Place, a
Triumph Arc on a big giratory, the
chamber of commerce, the belfry, the column of goddess, Rihour palace, the
« porte de Roubaix », the Lille’s
Cathedral, the « Lion d’or square »,
the theatre Sébastopol, and a lof of
concert hall.
The most important events in Lille
are Lille 3000 (this is a great art
festival), the braderie (it's the biggest
European outdoor market) and the
fair at the « esplanade des Anglais ».
Magazine Without Borders
Issue n°1
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