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one of the most famous churches in the city

The church of Saint Maurice is one of the most famous in the city of Lille in northern France. It is just a few steps from the train station Lille Flandres. It was built in old medieval part of Lille during the the fourteenth century, which explains that the streets around are so attached to the facade of the church. The décor is quite simple. The construction of the church took over four centuries to complete because they had to deal with destruction, wars and invasions. But the city architect ve made the last works during the nineteenth century, made sure not to make the differences between the new works and the oldest part very obvious.

At the time of the French Revolution, the church had been emptied of its furnishings and artwork, but it has been redecorated since then. Now there are works of Le Jeune, and the famous Watteau de Lille, a great painter from the eighteenth century. The style of the wood furniture is neo-gothic. The windows are fairly recent, dating from the nineteenth century, but several of them have been renewed after the bombings from the two world wars.
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