Selection of the most beautiful monuments in the English Channel

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.

Eglise gothique
50200 Coutances

Notre-Dame de Coutances Cathedral, a 13th century Norman Gothic masterpiece, has dominated the city from an altitude of 90 metres. It combines a Romanesque structure hidden under a gothic wall and houses exceptional medieval stained glass windows.

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.

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.

Château fort
50200 Gratot

Gratot Castle, an ancient fortified house of the 13th, 15th and 17th centuries, stands in Gratot in the Channel (Normandy). Its ruins, surrounded by moat, bear witness to a history linked to the family of Argouges and to a marquisat abandoned in the nineteenth century.

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.

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.

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.