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Begun in 1453 on the orders of Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, the Palais Rihour was one of the most ambitious princely residences of its age, a statement of the fabulous wealth of the Burgundian court that then ruled Lille. Philip moved in around 1463 and his son Charles the Bold completed the work roughly a decade later, creating a vast complex centred on a magnificent great hall used for banquets and ceremonies. After Lille became French under Louis the Fourteenth, the palace was turned into the town hall in 1664. Successive fires, including a devastating blaze in 1916 during the First World War, reduced the enormous residence to a handful of rooms. Today the surviving guardroom, the flamboyant Gothic staircase and the ducal chapel house the Lille tourist office, a quiet and atmospheric starting point just steps from the city's great squares.
Datos clave
- 1453 year — Philip the Good ordered the palace built after his old residence burned
- 1664 year — The former ducal palace became the town hall of Lille
- 3 survivals — Only the chapel, staircase and guardroom escaped centuries of fire
📍 Place Rihour, 59800, Lille