Selection of the most beautiful monuments in the English Channel

Château fort
50260 Bricquebec

Bricquebec Castle, a former castle from the 11th to the 16th century, has dominated Normandy from a feudal motte. Its ruins, classified as historical monuments, bear witness to its key role in the Barony of Bricquebec and the Norman conflicts.

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.

Eglise romane
50430 Lessay

Sainte-Trinité de Lessay Abbey, founded in the 11th century, is a Romanesque Benedictine abbey located in Lessay, Normandy. A masterpiece of Norman architecture, it was restored after its destruction in 1944 and remains an exceptional testimony of Romanesque art.

Patrimoine défensif
50550 Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue

The Hougue and Tatihou forts, built in the 17th century at Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue in Normandy, form a defensive military ensemble designed by Vauban to protect the bay from English intrusions. Classified at UNESCO, they illustrate maritime military architecture.

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.

Eglise romane
50320 La Lucerne-d'Outremer

The Abbey of La Lucerne d'Outremer, founded in the 12th century in La Lucerne-d'Outremer in Normandy, is a former monastery pre-demonstrated by Romanesque and Gothic architecture, partially classified as historical monuments.

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.

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.