Wastelands in the metropolis of Lille, yesterday’s burden, tomorrow’s strength?

For decades, industry, often textiles, has forged the hearts of men and designed the neighborhoods of our cities and the surroundings of our waterways. Then the chimneys went out. Emptied, the factories have become wastelands that have been razed or rehabilitated. This summer, we invite you to discover them. Second part of our file, a metropolis facing the challenges of its industrial past.

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