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Normandy, in the north of France, is the land of the D Day landings,
the home of the world famous
Bayeux tapestry and Mont Saint Michel, and is also the producing
region of cheese such as Camembert and of the well-known apple
brandy Calvados...
Rouen is the capital of
Normandy. Rouen is an historica city were Joan d'Arc was burned
near the Cathedrale Notre Dame. It is a good place for visiting
many places nearby Rouen : Giverny were the painter Monet painted its
Monet's gardens and lived, Dieppe and Etretat and their limestone
cliffs, Bayeux and its tapestry from 1077
Mount Saint
Michel,
in Normandy, is a jewel: it is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and
Mount saint Michel is the most
visited site of France, a monastery on an island joined to the
mainland by a small road.
Honfleur, in
Normandy, is a
beautiful old port with a beautiful old town.
Normandy was
selected by the allies as the landing point on June the 6 of
1944, the D day.
Picardy is known
especially for Amiens cathedral
Amiens' cathedral Notre-Dame
is the biggest gothic cathedral building in France.
Champagne is a
region but also the country of the world famous bubbly wine
champagne (Epernay...)... but also of the Reims cathedral.
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