Selection of the most beautiful monuments in the English Channel

Phare classé MH
50760 Gatteville-le-Phare

The Gatteville Lighthouse, built in the 18th and 19th centuries in Gatteville-le-Phare (Manche), is the second highest lighthouse in France, pointing to the dangerous currents of the Raz de Barfleur in Normandy.

Maison à arcades
50500 Carentan-les-Marais

The Carentan arcade houses are a medieval ensemble from the 14th to 15th centuries, located Place de la République, famous for its Gothic arcades and its urban history preserved in Normandy.

Eglise romane et gothique
50450 Percy-en-Normandie

Hambye Abbey, a former Benedictine abbey founded in the 12th century in Hambye (Manche), is a Norman Gothic jewel partially in ruins, classified as a historical monument. Its restored remains bear witness to its religious and seigneurial past between the Middle Ages and the Revolution.

Eglise néo-gothique
50300 Avranches

The church of Notre-Dame-des-Champs d'Avranches, a 19th- to 20th-century neogothic building, stands in Carnot Square. Ranked a historic monument, it embodies Norman religious architecture after decades of work marked by historical vicissitudes.

Chemins de Compostelle - Au bord des voies
50170 Le Mont-Saint-Michel

The Abbey of Mont-Saint-Michel, a Norman medieval jewel, is a Benedictine monastery and then a monastic monastery of the eighth century, perched on a rocky island in the bay of the same name, famous for its Gothic architecture and its turbulent history between spirituality and military resistance.

Manoir
50500 Carentan-les-Marais

The Manor House of Cantepie, a 16th and 17th century manor house, stands in Carentan-les-Marais, Normandy, combining seigneurial architecture and protected historical remains.

Enceinte
50400 Granville

Granville, built in the 18th century on Cape Lihou, is an urban fortification protecting the Upper Town of this Norman town, classified as a historical monument for its remains such as the Grand Porte and the Logis du Roi.

Allées couvertes
50110 Bretteville

The covered street of Bretteville, known as the Clos-ès-Pierre, is a megalithic neolithic monument located in Bretteville (Manche), classified as historical monuments since the 19th century.