In cherbourg

La cité de la mer

Place in the exceptional site of the Harbour station of Cherbourg, Quote Her(It) from the Sea is a vast complex scientist, playful and cultural who plunges the visitors into gaps has the decouverte of the submarine wealth and the expeditions oceanographiques.

Cité de la mer

Museum de la libération

At the top of the " Mountain of Roule ", 117 m over the sea level, raises himself this strong serviceman of the second empire of or you will have of the terrace a magnificent panoramic sight on the city and its natural harbour.
This musee installs(settles) in a strong serviceman built between 1852 and 1857 contain 17 rooms restarted on etages two.

Musée de la libération

Musée de la glacerie

Place on the heights of the Village of the Church of Glacerie, of or the sight is magnificent on the campaign and on the natural harbour of Cherbourg, this musee offers has his visitors, on one hand in permanent rooms of the memories of the Factory Royage des Glaces, etablie by Colbert in 1667, elements representatifs of the local roofs...

Musée de la glacerie


Basilique de la trinité

Among curiosites has to decouvrir has the interieur, you should not miss the maitre-altar has altarpiece sculpture by Armand Freret ( 1758-1816 ), as well as on the high sculptee gallery of the nave, of one quotation " the macabre dance " and of the other one, the scenes of the Passion.

Site basilique trinité

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Near Cherbourg

Ile de Tatihou

Off Saint-Vaast Hougue and apres three hundred years of a complex history or entrecroiserent scientific military, commercial vocations and educatives, the ile Tatihou is an inescapable site today.
She allows has fault his maritime Musee, its ornithological look-out post, his workshop of naval skeleton and its botanical garden of decouvrir and to understand the Norman coast. We can cross the journee there or meme to resider one or several nights. In decouvrir, the maritime musee, the botanical garden, the workshop of naval skeleton

Site Ile de Tatihou

Le tourp

Tourp, house of the hague, is a manor house of the XVeme and XVIIeme siecles sheltering an exhibition(exposure) perms consacree has the decouverte and has the comprehension of the Cap de la Hague. Tourp also welcomes temporary exhibitions(exposures) (photography, painting, sculpture).

Musée régional du cidre

Decouvrez the manufacturing of the cider and the calvados has fault presses, crushers of the XVIeme siecle in Xxeme siecle, potteries, cooperage and scenes of the Norman life.
Musee du Cidre (street of Small Versaille) has the richest collection Francaise consacree has " the fair Gold of the Normans ", Left in twelve rooms, the whole in a remarkable example of architecture medievale.

Musée du débarquement "Utah Beach"

Unique(Only) musee of the region has to tell the history(story) of the debarquement of the americaines divisions in the sector of Utah Beach. He(it) shelters a beautiful collection of materiel serviceman. Exhibition(exposure) of models, photos of archives, machines of debarquement and elements of defense.
Panoramic sight of the site juice Panoramic sight of the site to has the Point of Hoc

Jardin Prévert

Garden labelise " remarkable Garden " by the ministere of the culture and the communication. The garden of a 1 hectare surface 1/2 is the tribute of the woman of Jacques Prevert and his(her) friends who there planterent each their tree prefere (Yves Montand, Serge Reggiani, Juliette Greco, Jacqueline Picasso, Mrs Chaplin). Sculptures and poemes has to decouvrir in this beautiful garden.

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