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Palais Rihour

France · 15th century

Founded
c. 1450
Style
Gothic architecture
Heritage status
classified historical monument
Location
Lille
Coordinates
50.6355°, 3.06206°
Links
Wikimedia Commons
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Palais Rihour in France
Photo: Velvet · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Description

The Palais Rihour is a building located on the place Rihour in Lille, in the French department of Nord. It is all that remains of a palace built in the 15th century by the Valois dukes of Burgundy, de facto sovereigns of the Burgundian State. The guard room of the building houses the city's tourist office. It was listed as a historic monument in 1875.

Machine-translated from “Palais Rihour” on the French Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

In the rankings

Palais Rihour ranks #5,493 of 9,902 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #471 of the 954 mapped in France. Founded c. 1450, it is older than 47% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 596 atlas entries founded in the 15th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,413 times in the last 60 days, more than 65% of the atlas. 5 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Lille, 1 km away. See how France compares in the castle statistics.

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