Selection of the most beautiful monuments in the English Channel

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.

Château
50330 Tocqueville

Tocqueville Castle, a 16th, 18th and 19th century residence located in Tocqueville in the English Channel, combines Renaissance architecture and English park, famous for hosting Alexis de Tocqueville, author and politician.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.