Visit of the station of Lens

Name: Visite de la gare de Lens
Start: 2022-09-17T11:00:00+02:00
End: 2022-09-18T15:00:00+02:00
Location: gare de Lens

17 et 18 septembre 2022Passé

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On the occasion of the European Heritage Days, the Pays d'art et d'histoire de Lens-Liévin and SNCF Gares & Connexions are offering you a two-way tour to discover or rediscover the Urbain Cassan locomotive building. 1hr

Types d'événement

Visite commentée / Conférence

Thème 2022

Patrimoine durable

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À propos du lieu

gare de Lens

gare de lens

Pas-de-Calais
Hauts-de-France

The station of LENS (1926) has the shape of a locomotive whose tower of 23 meters, represents the chimney. A clock is located on this chimney. View of the platforms, its architecture, typically Art Deco, depicts the daily life of miners The station has been the subject of an inscription under the title of historical monuments since December 28, 1994\.
It is particularly noted for:
* The mosaic frieze of Auguste Labouret,
* The woodwork of a great metalworker of the Art Deco era (Edgar Brandt)
* and the architecture of the station (Urban Cassan)