| Discovery
of Normandy |
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you up in Caen or Bayeux, only 2 hours from
Paris by the A13 motorway or from Paris-Saint-Lazare
station. On the way, you can discover: |
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GIVERNY |
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| The
house and gardens of Claude Monet
(April to October, closed on Tuesdays),
the Museum of American Art, which
presents the original works of American
Impressionists influenced by Monet,
in particular Paul Dessar, Richard
Emil Miler, Theodor Wendel, John
Leslie Breck, Robert Vonnok. |
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ROUEN |
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| The
Gothic cathedral, whose history
begins in the 4th century and ends
in the 15th, and the 19th-century
steeple, its half-timbered houses,
the picturesque rue du Gros Horloge,
and the square where Joan of Arc
was executed by fire by the English.
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HONFLEUR |
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quaint and quiet port on the Seine
estuary, rates as one of the most
beautiful villages of France, a
favourite spot for the Impressionists.
Prawn festival on 30 September. |
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DEAUVILLE |
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Seaside
resort built in the 1900s, a favourite
weekend destination for Parisians. |
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| Neo-Norman-style
architecture like that of the neighbouring
Trouville. The fame of Deauville comes
from its boardwalk, immortalised by
filmmaker Claude Lelouch, its American
Film Festival, its Asian Film Festival,
its Casino, its luxury hotels, its
two racetracks, its polo meets, and
its sales of yearlings. |
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CAEN |
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| Famous
thanks to William the Conqueror
and his wife Matilda, each buried
in a magnificent abbey, saved during
the bombings of the city, as well
as the medieval castle. You will
also discover the Memorial, a museum
devoted to peace and better understanding
the world from 1914 to today, founded
in 1988. |
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BAYEUX |
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| Liberated
by the British on 7 June 1944, this
medieval city was spared destruction.
The largest British cemetery is
found along the "By Pass" built
by the Allies in 1944. Also to be
seen, the Bayeux Tapestry, the cathedral,
built under William the Conqueror
in 1077 |
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THE MONT SAINT MICHEL |
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| Known
as the 7th Wonder of the World,
a unique village and abbeys built
on the bare rock, surrounded by
the largest tides of Europe. |
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D-DAY BEACHES |
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| Along
the beaches of the Calvados and
the Cotentin peninsula, the sites
of Sword,
Juno, Omaha, Gold and Utah
beaches are witness to the 80 days
of the terrible battle of Normandy
during the second World War. |
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PEGASUS BRIDGE |
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| The
first village liberated in France
during the night of 5 to 6 June
1944 by paratroopers of the 6th
Division of the British Army. Airborne
Museum. |
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ARROMANCHES |
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| You
can discover here the Phoenix caissons,
that made the Mulberry Harbour,
the artificial port built in England
and towed across the Channel after
the landing and assembled on site,
an amazing technological achievement.
Museum of Arromanches, a must, and
its 360° Cinema. |
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