Once the "temple of hygiene", these splendid art deco public baths (1927-1932) built by Albert Baert are now the home of the town's artistic and industrial heritage. The bathers of yesteryear have now been replaced with 19C and 20C sculptur..

Inaugurated in 1911, it was designed by Victor Laloux, architect of the Orsay railway station in Paris. The façade is adorned with a frieze illustrating Roubaix industry.

Although the building, neo-Gothic in style, is not of great interest, the same cannot be said of the retable in sculpted wood, the rockwork style Tabernacle and above all the Cenotaph of Francois of Luxembourg , which depicts the recumbent figure of..

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This old cotton mill (1862), an example of 19C industrial architecture, was renovated by the architect Alain Sarfati to house France’s “working world” archives. From the outside, this “castle of industry” has the appearance of both a liner and a medi..

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A simple brick church is what you will think you see when you come across this neo-Gothic style 1878 building but if you go in you will be amazed by the richness of the paintings decorating the vaults, the walls, and the columns of the building.

It is populated with varied species and stretches over a length of 1.5 km at the bottom of a valley. Pools and games attract children here, while monuments, dedicated to local celebrities, are scattered throughout.