Selection of the most beautiful monuments in the English Channel

Phare classé MH
50400 Granville

The Cape Lihou Lighthouse, built in the 2nd quarter of the 19th century in Granville, Normandy, is a historic grey granite lighthouse, still in service and classified as a historic monument since 2009.

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.

Manoir
50260 Saint-Martin-le-Hébert

The manor house of the Court, an old fortified house from the 14th century, rebuilt in the 17th century, stands in Saint-Martin-le-Hébert (Manche, Normandy). Surrounded by moat, this historic monument combines medieval defensive architecture with Renaissance elements, with doves, terraced garden and indoor octagonal wash.

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.

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.

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 romane et gothique
50140 Mortain-Bocage

The White Abbey of Mortain, a former Cistercian abbey of the 12th-XIIIth centuries, stands at Mortain Bocage in Normandy. Founded by the order of Savigny in 1112 or 1115, it combines primitive Gothic architecture with an enlivened religious history, partially classified with historical monuments since 1920.