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The Château de Beaumesnil is located in the department of Eure (27), in Normandy

Photo. ci-contre : © Tours-in-Normandy.fr

 

The "Norman Versailles", nickname of the castle of Beaumesnil

The richness of the two facades of this castle have contributed to its fame, both regional and national.

The different owners of this castle were no less wealthy than its facade and have managed to bring this architectural success of the past to us.

 

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Sainte-Therese basilica of Lisieux in Calvados department, Normandy - France

 

 

The town of Lisieux has no shortage of buildings with a religious vocation, as you will see below, that is why when Monseigneur Lemonnier put forward the idea of building a Basilica in Lisieux for the very recently canonized (1925) Ste-Therese of the Child Jesus, the idea did not receive a favorable reception at first sight.

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This label is awarded for a period of 6 years, after the opinion of the Superior Commission of Sites, Perspectives and Landscapes, and the National Network of the "Grands Sites de France"

This label belongs to the French State, which deposited it with the INPI in 2003.

INPI is the French equivalent of the USPTO in the USA or the IPO in UK.

The attribution of the label is subordinated to the implementation of a project of preservation, management and development of the site, responding to the principles of sustainable development.

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Henri IV would have said of the Notre-Dame church of Caudebec-en-Caux: "It is the most beautiful chapel of my kingdom"

Caudebec-en-Caux is located on the right bank of the Seine, roughly halfway by land between Le Havre and Rouen. Contrary to what its name indicates, it is not located in the Pays-de-Caux.