Tourism Seclin

Seclin, south gate of the city of Lille, has always been at the crossroads of major thoroughfares and trading since the Gallo-Roman. He always found men to Seclin an active city. Today, we also want to make a tourist town. Since 2003, the team's Office of Tourism Seclin provides outreach and promotion of tourism in the city. We invite you to discover our monuments, museums, landmarks and leisure. Seclin is a city whose heritage is listed in the inventory of Historic Monuments. We invite you to discover: - The collegiate church of Saint Piat (thirteenth century) the oldest of all churches of Lille Saint Piat The college houses the relics of St. Piat, an ancient martyr of the third century. Under his ch'ur you discover one of the few ancient crypts of Nord-Pas-de-Calais is located in the tomb of St. Piat and wells whose water was supposed beneficent relieve patients. Since the thirteenth century war and reconstruction have made the building a site for eclectic styles (Romanesque, Gothic ...) but who keeps a beautiful harmony. In the tower, the carillon of 42 bells is considered one of the most fair in Europe. - Hospital Notre-Dame (thirteenth century) An architectural gem which one never tires Founded in the thirteenth century by Countess Margaret of Flanders (1202-1280), Hospital Notre-Dame de Seclin has a special place in the regional heritage, as it clearly illustrates the parallel evolution of medical concepts and architecture hospital in Northern the France of the thirteenth to the nineteenth century. Today, behind the apparent calm still working nurses and doctors. If you're lucky, maybe you will come across a s'ur Augustine who can share a few secrets. - La Porte Cemetery Monumental Center An unusual monument in the heart of the city portal Cemetery Seclin center is built in 1808 according to the plan of architect Benjamin DeWarle Lille (1767-1819). It is a picturesque and theatrical monument, shaped pylon Egyptian-inspired revolutionary. He miraculously escaped the destruction of the restoration (1814-1830). Guided tour of the monuments on reservation at the Tourist Office of Seclin