The diversion of the Deûle, intended to feed the new river port, made it possible to endow the city of Lille with an almost continuous green corridor from south to north.
In the 1960s, its designer, Théodore Leveau, defined the principles and planned the rights-of-way in a master plan that will serve as a guideline for the promenade.
We will leave the Place de la Gare d'eau (Bois-Blancs district of Lille) to arrive at the lock of Grand Carré (left bank of the Deûle, Lambersart side).
Visit commented by Denis Delbaere, landscape architect, doctor of the EHESS, professor in City and Territory at the National School of Architecture and Landscape of Lille.
Circuit/ hike along the Deûle - Duration 3 hours.