Lille Metropole
A new art of living
A RENOWNED HERITAGE
Top-ranking cultural infrastructures less than 2 hours away from Europe’s major cultural capital cities:
- The Palais des Beaux-Arts of Lille
In France, it is second only to the Louvre. - The “Lille Metropole” Contemporary Arts Museum in Villeneuve d’Ascq
A major collection of modern art, contemporary art and foreign art. - La Piscine, Art and Industry Museum of Roubaix
Beautifully redesigned, the former “Art Déco” swimming pool now displays items from the 19th and 20th centuries and a large collection of textiles and Sevres's ceramics. - The Lille National Orchestra
Directed by Jean-Claude Casadesus, the orchestra travels around the world.
www.onlille.com - 4 Bell towers of "Lille Metropole"have been listed as part of the UNESCO World Heritage.
- Heritage-listed monuments such as Hospice Comtesse, the Vauban citadel, the Vieille Bourse, ...
- 11 "Maisons Folies" (artists residences)
- "La Condition Publique", a place for exhibitions, shows and encounters.
More informations on: www.lilletourism.com
AN ART OF LIVING ALWAYS REINVENTED
From Lille 2004 ...
European Capital of Culture in 2004, Lille and its area have benefited from a wonderful year of feasts, metamorphoses and shows that attracted some 9 million visitors in a great cultural turmoil !
To lille3000 !
Thanks to this success, a new cultural event– called lille3000 – will now be held every two years. Open to modernity, world cultures, encounters between audiences, inhabitants and visitors, it bases its programming on research and innovation. In 2006, lille3000 has focused on India, and in 2008, it will focus on Eastern Europe.
www.lille3000.com
- Théâtre du Nord, National Drama Centre
- The Carolyn Carlson National Choreography Centre
- The Lille Opera House
- L’Atelier Lyrique de Tourcoing
- Some twenty festivals each year, of which the Tourcoing Jazz Festival
www.tourcoing-jazz-festival.com - The Braderie de Lille attracts every year more than 2 millions people. Rendez-vous each first week-end of september.
- Le Louvre Lens in project (horizon 2009)
On the site of a former coal pit, the future 22,000 sqm building will display the treasures that may not be exhibited by the Paris museum.
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