From the Norman invasion of England in 1066 to the D-Day landings of 1944, Normandy has long played an outsized role in European history.
Inspiring itineraries and tons of useful planning advice.
Full-colour maps and detailed directions.
Stretch your legs and detour features.
Normandy, North, South, East and West, has numerous war cemeteries, mostly from World War Two but also from World War One.The coastline of western Normandy, through the history of one pivotal day - D-Day June 6th 1944, has made it one of the most visited tourist destinations in Europe.
Along the coast are found several war cemeteries that are well known and easily accessible. The Normandy American Cemetery, above Omaha beach, averages around 1.5 million visitors a year. Nearby, the Commonwealth cemeteries of Bayeux, Bény-sur-Mer and Ranville, as well as the German war cemetery at La Cambe, are also busy places in the summer months.For seven months Nigel travelled to all corners of Normandy to photograph these cemeteries.The book helps the reader locate andvisit not just those well known warcemeteries, but also those which are less well known, more numerous. GPS coordinates are included inside this book, alongside each war cemetery described.As well as photographs of these well maintained resting places of young combatants, several individuals from different nations are featured to emphasize the stories of young lives from the different countries.These cemeteries have matured into gardens, beautifully maintained by the different Commissions. Peaceful places...such a contrast to what created them. Lest we forget.
Qui arrive à Jumièges est saisi par les vestiges de l'immense abbatiale bâtie au creux d'une boucle de la Seine au temps de Guillaume le Conquérant. Symboles du rayonnement de l'un des plus anciens et des plus importants monastères d'Occident, ses tours dominent le village et la campagne environnante. Le parc sert d'écrin à ses ruines grandioses : malgré les destructions, cette architecture exceptionnelle renvoie au passé de l'abbaye marqué par la protection des rois, la grandeur de ses abbés, l'intense activité intellectuelle et artistique de ses moines.
Qui arrive à Jumièges est saisi par les vestiges de l'immense abbatiale bâtie au creux d'une boucle de la Seine au temps de Guillaume le Conquérant. Symboles du rayonnement de l'un des plus anciens et des plus importants monastères d'Occident, ses tours dominent le village et la campagne environnante. Le parc sert d'écrin à ses ruines grandioses : malgré les destructions, cette architecture exceptionnelle renvoie au passé de l'abbaye marqué par la protection des rois, la grandeur de ses abbés, l'intense activité intellectuelle et artistique de ses moines.
