Château Tourlaville, near Cherbourg Are you planning a visit to Normandy? History lover? You need to know about this important weekend. We discovered European heritage days ‘Journées européennes du patrimoine‘ when the charming owner of a Normandy château refused the usual payment for a tour of his lovely home. Journées européennes du patrimoine Heritage
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The ferocious history of château Saint-Germain-de-Livet
Nestled in a soft green Normandy valley, could anything be more tranquil than château Saint-Germain-de-Livet? Probably not but this is Normandy and it doesn't take much digging to find a furious fighting past. Château Saint-Germain-de-Livet is no different, don't let it's pointy turrets and pretty tiled façade mislead you. Long long ago XIème siècle, the