Attractions and Places To See around Landrethun-Lès-Ardres - Top 20

Nice place to relax, enjoy the view and of course visit a ruin.

It is a building (1885) made of local red bricks, the design is cruciform, a fairly large nave, two aisles and a choir with a bell tower on top. The interior of the building has a very rich appearance. The centerpiece of the furniture is undoubtedly the altar and the accompanying altarpiece, completely carved in wood and from a recent period (1925). On either side of the nave there are two altars on which rest Saint Mary (left) and Saint Joseph (right). On the floor are placed two other altarpieces, in which two statues are embedded (Saint Therese and Saint Martin) The baptismal font, the marble font, an 18th century pulpit with its openwork staircase and its four carved wooden bas-reliefs representing Gospel scenes, old paintings, the confessional, the bell "Georgina Irma", baptized in August 1901, make up the wealth of this church. The special thing about our village church is the veneration of the Notre Dame des Larmes, a semi-natural statue from the 15th century (presumably) remarkable French work of art. This virgin was previously invoked for the healing of eye ailments, but is in reality the virgin of sorrows who stands at the foot of the cross. Another statue of the Notre Dame from a more recent period, a crowned work, adorns our church.

The artist was inspired by the famous phrase of the supreme and truly Cornelian call: "Arise, the dead!" ". This call is proclaimed by a grenadier with a greatcoat half torn by the explosions; he steps over a gabion and prepares to launch the deadly projectile towards the enemy: the poilu is alive and the stone seems alive. Despite the difficulties in the execution, the artist fortunately managed to avoid any heaviness, he was able to give the stone all the desired and possible flexibility. Ardres was kind enough, in keeping with the erection of this magnificent monument, to honour the memory of the 82 heroes and their children who died gloriously during the Great War.

Built in the late 15th century on Mount Saint-Louis, the Saint-Louis Chapel of Guémy is listed as a historic monument. It was restored in 1930. It is a unique place.

The Église Saint-Pierre aux Liens is a church in Guînes, France. It is one of five parish churches that Guînes once owned. The church has been rebuilt and restored several times, and the current structure was built in 1822. The church has a remarkable pulpit dating from 1706, which contains an image of an abbess holding a book while a dove flies above her head.

Le Grand Hebdomadaire, n°44, Sunday October 30, 1921, p. 370.: Ardres has also just erected a war memorial, the work of the sculptor Greber. The artist was inspired by the famous phrase of the supreme and truly Cornelian call: “Arise, the dead!” ". This call is proclaimed by a grenadier with a greatcoat half torn by the explosions; he steps over a gabion and prepares to launch the deadly projectile facing the enemy: the poilu is alive and the stone seems animated. Despite the difficulties of execution, the artist fortunately managed to avoid any heaviness, he was able to give the stone all the desired and possible flexibility. Ardres was kind enough to honor, as appropriate by the erection of this beautiful monument, the memory of the 82 heroes, its children, who fell gloriously during the great war.

The Euroroute R1 passes here! The French section of the Euroroute R1 is about 97 km long and leads from the channel coast, either from Boulogne-sur-Mer or Calais, through Nord-Pas-de-Calais to the Belgian border. The route from Boulogne-sur-Mer to Watten is 64 km long and is surprisingly hilly, while the route from Calais to Watten is 36 km long and nearly flat. The Euroroute R1 between Watten and the Belgian border at Oost-Cappel is 35 km long and crosses the plane of Yser in French Flanders. The route in France is rather rural and passes through contemplative villages and small towns with worth seeing churches along the way.

Gothic chapel built at the end of the 15th century by Antoine de Bourgogne.