Forts, fortifications, arsenals in Normandy

Fours à boulets
50400 Granville

The bougir des boulets de la pointe du Roc, built in the 18th century in Granville, Normandy, is a historic military building linked to coastal defence. This casemate lamp furnace illustrates the military architecture of the time.

50310 Azeville

The Azeville battery, built in the 1940s, is a German vestige of the Atlantic Wall in Normandy, transformed into a museum. Located near Utah Beach, it illustrates the military architecture of World War II.

Fortification
50170 Le Mont-Saint-Michel

The fortifications of Mont-Saint-Michel, built between the 13th and 16th centuries, form a defensive urban enclosure girding the islet in Normandy, classified as historical monuments and UNESCO.

Fortification
50430 Saint-Germain-sur-Ay

The guard corps of Saint-Germain-sur-Ay, a 17th century fortified building transformed into a chapel, is a vestige of the coastal defence of Cotentin, located on a rocky promontory near the hamlet of La Gavérie, in the English Channel.

50440 La Hague

Alderville-Laye's coastal artillery battery, built in the 1940s in La Hague, is a German military vestige of World War II, equipped with long-range marine guns.

50440 La Hague

The Auderville-la-Roche coastal artillery battery, built in the 1940s in La Hague, is a German military vestige of World War II, integrated into the Atlantic Wall with 24 defensive structures.

50120 Cherbourg-en-Cotentin

The dread of the Couplets is a military building from the 1st quarter of the 19th century, located in Cherbourg-en-Cotentin (Normandy), a witness to the fortifications of the Place de Cherbourg.

Fortification
76480 Jumièges

The Saint-Philibert de Jumièges ditch is a historic monument located in the municipality of Jumièges, Normandy. Its origin and exact period remain undetermined.