Aire/la Lys - Que tu es donc jolie, Aire, vieille cité...
Le Baillage - Le Bastion de Thiennes - La Chapelle St-Jacques - La Collégiale Historique - Monuments aux Morts - Portes d'Arras et de Saint-Omer
		The Saint-Jacob Vault At the beginning of XVIIe century, the Jesuits came to Aire to found a College there. And, it is into 1682 that Dame Marie de Caverel bequeathed her fortune to associate a vault there. Of style mannerist, high, one 33 m penetrates there by a gate in blue stone semicircular arch decorated of ringed columns. A large stained glass lights the frontage, formed of 3 stages and surmounted by a pediment at the top of which a gilded sphere carries a cross. The interior preserved its religious decorations. To see: polychromé wood glory. Closed down, this imposing masonry is used now for various cultural events. With the turnings of the streets, one can discover: - buildings of the Sainte-Marie College with its classified court and its pinions with cusps; - Barracks with the imposing roofs and coloured bricks; - many old houses of XVIIe and XVIIIe centuries with the interesting sculptures; - the vestiges of the old fortifications there or penetrates the Lily; - place of the Castle, the Horse-gear restored and converted into sports hall; - the Arts centre " Aréa ". - the House of Dévotaires going back to 1622, street Saint-Pierre; - the Auditorium and its various classes of musical studies; - the Park, tallies of greenery or hides an old wall of shooting; - the Room by its modern style and lends itself to various demonstrations. For the art lovers, a walk around the city lets discover old churches full with character and some castles: one medieval, other gracious the or country ones. The many rivers which cross green Vallée of the Lily make it possible to appreciate the charm and the quietude of its countryside and offer to the amateur fishing the possibility of practising their favorite sport.