PARK AND GARDEN OF THE PEYLOUSE

Listed as one of the Parcs et Jardins du Nord-Pas-de-Calais, the garden, which occupies the largest point of the citadel designed by Vauban to house his Pré carré, has always miraculously remained a bastion of peace amidst the wars that ravaged the region. Today, it invites you to take a stroll through the five continents, telling the story of its history and that of its successive owners. Giant trees, age-old pagoda trees, rare species from America and Asia to satisfy the fashion of Art Nouveau cover the park's paths with their elegant branches, and the wild water of the Lys or the disciplined water of the pond, which is home to precious species, in an English fantasy like that of one of its former owners, the poet and captain Siegfried Sassoon. Men of letters or generals, Indians or Portuguese, the ghosts of this place have preserved the sense of universal peace that still pervades its atmosphere. Within the park, the old Poudrière Vauban building regularly welcomes visual artists and organizes exhibitions.