A simple postcard match silently reveals the carnage of 1944 without saying a word. See how Rue Saint Jean has changed? Brillaud Laujardière was the chief architect responsible for Caen’s reconstruction after WW2. His forward looking design blew fresh air into once narrow streets, planned for a world with cars
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The thirstiest street in Normandy
Between l'Abbaye aux Hommes and Rue Saint Pierre in Caen is Rue Écuyère, ‘street of the horsewomen’. It was named for the ladies of noble families who lived in grand houses here, but times change. After nobility came the antique sellers who for centuries made Rue Ecuyère synonymous with armoires, folderols
Where are the stone soldiers of Manoir des gens d’Armes? In Caen
Where is Colbert Marie? The Caen prison massacre of 6 June 1944
First published 2016/05/14 We discovered this moment in Caen WW2 history reading the marvelous magazine Patrimone Normand ‘Normandy Heritage’ who have very kindly allowed us to use some of their photographs. Caen in the spring of 1944 One spring evening in 1944 Colbert Marie, age 17, left his boxing club with friends the
