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Charles de Gaulle's birthplace and museum

Charles de Gaulle was born in Lille on November 22nd 1890 in the house of his maternal grandparents at 9 Rue Princesse. He was baptised on the same day in the nearby Saint-André church.

Visit of the former gantois hospice

A historical guided tour for individual visitors of the former Hospice Gantois, a veritable jewel in the crown of local medical heritage in Lille from the 15th to 18th centuries, is proposed every week by the Association du Musée Hospitalier Régional de Lille.