Selection of the most beautiful monuments in the English Channel

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Autel
50270 Les Moitiers-d'Allonne

The Autel des Druides is a Neolithic covered alley located at the Moitiers-d'Allonne, in the English Channel, measuring nearly 20 meters long. Ranked a historic monument in 1906, this sandstone site bears witness to Norman megalithic architecture.

Eglise gothique
50500 Carentan-les-Marais

The Church of Notre-Dame de Carentan, a 12th–15th–century Catholic building, combines Romanesque and flamboyant Gothic styles. Located in Carentan-les-Marais, Normandy, it bears witness to a history marked by wars and reconstructions, with a 12th century Romanesque portal and a 15th century choir.