Selection of the most beautiful monuments in the English Channel

Château fort
50770 Pirou

The castle of Pirou, a former 12th century castle renovated in the 17th century, stands in Pirou, Normandy, surrounded by moats and marked by rich medieval history and modern restorations.

Phare classé MH
50840 Fermanville

The Cape Levi Lighthouse, built in the 19th century and rebuilt in the 20th century in Fermanville (Normandia), is a historical pink granite monument marking the Cherbourg harbour, marked by its destruction in 1944 and its reconstruction in 1948.

Bâtiment Art déco
50130 Cherbourg-en-Cotentin

Cherbourg-Octeville Transatlantic Station, built in the 1930s, is a former Art Deco maritime and railway terminal located in Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, Normandy. An architectural masterpiece, it symbolizes the golden age of transatlantic travel.

Fours à chaux
50590 Regnéville-sur-Mer

The Rey lime ovens, built in the 19th century in Regnéville-sur-Mer (Manche), are a historic industrial site dedicated to the production of agricultural lime, now transformed into a maritime museum.

Clocher en bâtière
50480 Sainte-Mère-Eglise

The Church of Notre-Dame-de-l'Assumption of Sainte-Mère-Église, a Roman Catholic building of the 12th–XIVth centuries in Normandy, famous for its bell tower linked to the 1944 Landing, combines Romanesque and Gothic styles in a classified historical site.

Eglise gothique
50000 Saint-Lô

The church of Notre-Dame de Saint-Lô, a Gothic building of the 13th-17th centuries, dominates the city of Saint-Lô in Normandy. Symbol of reconstruction after 1944, it combines memorial ruins and preserved medieval architecture.

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.

Monument
50130 Cherbourg

The monument to Napoleon de Cherbourg-Octeville is a commemorative work located in Cherbourg, Normandy. His exact period remains undetermined, but he pays tribute to a major historical figure in this port city.