Dungeons, towers, citadels and bastions in Normandy

Redout
50760 Réville

The dread of Réville is a 17th century coastal fortification located in Réville, in the Channel (Normandy), built to protect the Cotentin from enemy landings.

50500 Carentan-les-Marais

Saint-Côme-et-Saint-Damien Church, a 12th-century Catholic building in Carentan-les-Marais (Manche), combines Romanesque and flamboyant architecture, classified as a historical monument with its cemetery.

50470 Cherbourg-en-Cotentin

Tourlaville Castle, formerly the Ravalet Castle, is a 16th-century Renaissance building rebuilt in the 19th century, located in Cherbourg-en-Cotentin (Normandie). Ranked a historic monument, it is famous for its architecture and its tragic history linked to the incestuous loves of Julien and Marguerite de Ravalet.

50200 Coutances

The Coutances Tower, built between the 2nd half of the 15th and 16th centuries, is a classified historical vestige located in the Manche, Normandy.

50200 Coutances

The Coutances stair turret, built in the 15th century in Normandy, is an architectural vestige classified as Historic Monument, marked by past conflicts.

Tower
61140 Juvigny-sous-Andaine

The tower of Bonvouloir, vestige of the 15th century castle in Juvigny-sous-Andaine (Orne), is a fortified tower with watchtower, classified as a historic monument in Normandy.

Donjons
61200 Argentan

The donjon d'Argentan, a vestige of the medieval ramparts of the 12th to 13th centuries, stands in the city centre of Argentan in Normandy. This polygonal rampart protected the southeast corner of the fortified urban enclosure.

Tower
61200 Argentan

The Marguerite Tower, an ancient 15th-century flanking tower in Argentan (Orne), is the last vestige of the medieval fortifications of the city. It was 17 metres high and served as a prison and then a cultural place after its restoration in the 1990s.