(Follow the arrows along the streets indicated by continuous lines).
From the Grande Place to the Citadelle
Monuments to be seen on the way: The Monument to Desrousseaux in the Jussieu Square, the Testelin Monument, the Church of the Sacred Heart, the Palais Rameau; the Bridges over the Deule, Monument to Négrier, Churches of St. André and St. Catherine.
The temporary bridges mentioned further on, existed in April, 1919. In whatever state the tourist may find them, he need only follow the Deule canal, after the Jardin Vauban, cross the first bridge he meets, and turn back to the left (if necessary) on the other side, until he comes to the avenue which opens out on the right opposite the Boulevard de la Liberté, and which leads to the Citadelle.
MONUMENT TO DESROUSSEAUX.
Leave the Grande Place by the Rue Nationale, following the latter as far as the church of the Sacred Heart, whose high unfinished tower will be seen on the right. To the right is the Jussieu Square (landscape garden laid out by Barillet in the moats of the old fortifications), at the entrance to which is a monument to the local poet and song-writer Desrousseaux (photo opposite), who started his career (1820-1892) as a simple working-man, and whose dialect songs are still sung. At the foot of the monument is the figure of a young mother rocking her child to sleep, recalling the composer's most popular song; "Dors, min p'tit quinquin."