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Normandy

Rouen-the Town of 100 Bell Towers

Victor Hugo described Rouen as “the town of a hundred bell towers” but this beautiful city which dates back to Roman times suffered during World War II and today only about a third of these bell towers remain. Located on the eastern edge of Normandy on the Seine River, Rouen serves as the port for Paris. It is the leading ...

Mont Saint-Michel

Facing east, the Benedictine Abbey of Mont Saint-Michel sits majestically at the top of a 262 foot high pyramid shaped rock in the Normandy Region of France. Built on a summit supported by four crypts, it surrounds the point of the hill. There has been some form of religious site here at Mont Saint-Michel since the early 6th ...