The godness of Lille (Grand Place). (scrapbook 7).

Here is the "Great Square" of Lille or Grand Place. The official name of this place is Place du Général de Gaulle. But the non-official name of the square is the Place de la Déesse (in english the Place of the Godness). The old people of Lille and of the Métropole of Lille give it that name.You can see the Godness here on the top of the column. It's the reason why the people gave this second name to the place. Perhaps it's is its really old name.

In the back of the photo you have the second Beffroi, the Beffroi of the Nouvelle Bourse. I like this one better than the big Beffroi which is on the list of the french Beffrois of the World Heritage of the Unesco. All this Beffrois or town-towers, are in the Regions North-Pas-de-Calais and Picardie. They came 2005 to the list of the World Heritage. Dunkerque has its two town towers in the World Heritage, but Lille only one.

The big black columns where part of the decoration for Lille 2004, and now they are no more there.

I published this part of my scrap-book also in La Page de Dominique et Paul in November 2005, but without explanations.

Clara, Amalia, Dominique-Dominika.