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00:00 Intro
00:12 Normandy Bridge
00:46 Falaise Des Vaches Noires
01:20 Castle of Caen
01:44 Longues-Sur-Mer Beach
02:07 Longues-Sur-Mer WW2 Bunkers
Normandy (French: Normandie); Norman: Normaundie; from Old French Normanz, plural of Normant, originally from the word for “northman” from Scandinavian languages is the northwesternmost of the 18 regions of France, roughly referring to the historical Duchy of Normandy.
Normandy has five administrative departments: Calvados, Eure, Manche, Orne, and Seine-Maritime. It covers 30,627 square kilometres (Normandy’s name comes from the settlement of the territory by mainly Danish and Norwegian Vikings (“Northmen”) from the 9th century, and confirmed by treaty in the 10th century between King Charles III of France and the Viking jarl Rollo. For a century and a half following the Norman conquest of England in 1066, Normandy and England were linked by Norman and Frankish kings. Normandy is about 5% of the territory of metropolitan France. Its population of 3,322,757 accounts for around 5% of the population of France. The inhabitants of Normandy are known as Normans and the region is the historic homeland of the Norman language.
Here are some places that often are forgotten while visiting the more popular places in Normandy.
Normandy Bridge – The Pont de Normandie (English: Normandy Bridge) is a cable-stayed road bridge that spans the river Seine linking Le Havre to Honfleur in Normandy, northern France. Its total length is 2,143.21 meters. It is also the last bridge to cross the Seine before it empties into the ocean.
Les falaises des Vaches Noires is a remarkable natural site located in the municipalities of Houlgate , Gonneville-sur-Mer , Auberville , Villers-sur-Mer , in Calvados , in Normandy France.
The toponym “Vaches Noires” designates blocks of chalk having rolled from the top of the cliff onto the foreshore , the black color of which is due to the kelp having settled there,
Castle of Caen – The castle was built c. 1060 by William the Conqueror (William of Normandy), who successfully conquered England in 1066. His son Henry I then built the Saint George’s church and a large hall for the ducal Court.
On Christmas 1182, a royal court celebration for Christmas in the aula of Caen Castle brought together Henry II and his sons, Richard the Lionheart and John Lackland, receiving more than a thousand knights.
Caen Castle, along with all of Normandy, was recaptured by the French Crown in 1204. Philip II reinforced the fortifications.
Longue-sur-Mer – was a World War II German artillery battery constructed near the French village of Longues-sur-Mer in Normandy. The battery was sited on a 60 m cliff overlooking the sea and formed a part of Germany’s Atlantic Wall coastal fortifications. It was located between the Allied landing beaches of Gold and Omaha and shelled both beaches on D-Day (6 June 1944). The battery was captured on June 7 and played no further part in the Normandy campaign.
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