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Musee de Cidre, Museum of Cider wine
Pavlik_NL Says: What wine is to France, Cidre (Cider wine) is for Normandie. Cider wine is made of apples and Normandie still has enormous apple orchards that form the basis of this delicate sparkling refreshing wine. Many traditions are connected with the making and drinking of Cider wine...
Musee de Calvados et des vieux metiers
Pavlik_NL Says: This combination of two museums is situated right next to the museum of Cider wine and spends all attention to 1. Calvados is a strong apple liquor or brandy and is the true Viking drink of the Normans and 2. old (agricultural) tools, equipment, crafts and machinery. In the...
Pavlik_NL Says: Right in the centre of Valognes rises the beautiful gothic church of Saint-Malo. This church was built between the 14th and 15th century, but had to be restaurated after it was completely destroyed during bombardment in the struggle for Normandy in 1944. The rebuilding was...
Hotel de Beaumont, Petit Versailles Normand
Pavlik_NL Says: As already told in the introduction, Valognes has been for many centuries a place where the (Normandian) nobility had there palaces and mansions. Even though during the French revolution many was lost, Valognes still has some exquisit places that will be very charming the...
Hidden secret: Chateau la Brique
Pavlik_NL Says: This privately owned castle is a very off the beaten path tip, as I believe that I was trespassing at the time that I accidently ended up on the entrancegates of this castle. Just outside Valognes in a forest on the estate called "La Brique", a beautiful castle is hidden. On...
Take a drive through the lands around Valognes
Pavlik_NL Says: The surroundings lands of Valognes are of exquisit beauty. The hills with acres and fields look harmonious and are well worth roaming around in for a couple of hours. Especially typical for Normandie are the "Chemins", the narrow streets that on both side are half covered...
Alauna, the Romain heritage of Valognes
Pavlik_NL Says: Quite a few kilometres from Valgones, archeologic digs have recovered Romain fundaments of the ancient town Alauna. This town was the capital of the Unelli, that roamed the Cotentin around present Valognes and through which territory the Romain road towards the Channel coast...
The benedictinesses of Valognes
Pavlik_NL Says: Hidden away in the outskirts of Valognes, is the small abbey Notre Dame de Protection. This benedictinesse abbey was the refugee of the nuns of this order, while fleeing Cherbourg in the days of the plague that roamed through Europe in the 17th century. Up to today,...
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As already told in the introduction, Valognes has been for many centuries a place where the (Normandian) nobility had there palaces and mansions. Even though...
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Centre of Cotentin delicatesses (cidre, calvados)
In the centre of Basse-Normandie and the peninsula Cotentin, Valognes presents itself as a place where the traditions of this part of France are kept high and are shown to all interested visitors....
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