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FDL this year will take place in Lille.
Ten centuries of history leave their mark ! Classified as an "Art City" since 1974, Lille kept many civil and religious buildings from its great past : the Citadel, erected by Vauban one of the better examples of the military architecture of the 17th century ; La Vieille Bourse (the old stock exchange building), a remmant of the Spanish occupation, which asserts so well the combination of the two cultures, the French one and the Flemish one; The Grand Place, a highlight of the Lille and its Goddess, a symbol of the resistance against the Austrians in 1792 ; the Porte de Paris (Paris gate), the Monnaie Street, where coins were made. Look up to see the sculpted angels, guardians of walls that are sometimes made of pink bricks and white stones, and elaborate shop signs, that craftsmen liked in the old age. The Palais Rihour, old living place of the Dukes of Burgundy, was destroyed by a fire in 1916.
After cities such as Athens, Florence, Madrid, Berlin and Avignon, Lille was chosen to be " European Culture Capital ".
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