Long ago, a few steps from this grand Normandy manor house in Bellou, stood a tumble down cottage, the smallest in the village. In this modest home Rose Harel was born to a mother but no father, on 9 April 1826. Nothing about Rose’s start in life suggested she would
Calvados
All our postcards from the Calvados region.
Rare 19th century architectural lithographs
Joyeuses Pâques! Happy Easter!
Saving Saint-Arnoult, the oldest Christian building in Calvados
Up in the hills above the Touques river valley overlooking Trouville, a small broken church leans against up against a priory chapel. 1000 years have stripped Saint Arnoult church of its roof but the crypt remains beneath, tethering these modest buildings to the hillside. The chapel and village church were built
