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France :Normandy, back on "Guillaume le Conquerant" roots

© Hervé HUGHES / hemis.fr

Thousand years after its reign, you can still walk in the traces of theduke of Normandy future king of England. From the abbey AuxHommes to the abbey Aux dames, the castle of Falaise to the castleof Caen, follow the guide.

HEMIS_066087 : France, Calvados, Norman cows under apple trees in bloom at Vieux Pont en Auge

HEMIS_048211France, Manche, the Bay of the Mont Saint Michel

HEMIS_114834France, Calvados, Falaise, equestrian statue of William the Conqueror

HEMIS_114825France, Calvados, Caen, Abbaye aux Dames

HEMIS_048200France, Calvados, Caen, Ducal castle, city walls and weigh bridge of la Porte desChamps

HEMIS_051793France, Calvados, Bayeux, tapestry museum, statue of William the Conqueror by H.Bailleul

HEMIS_051823France, Calvados, Beaumont en Auge, church of the priory

HEMIS_051949France, Seine Maritime, Pays de Caux, Cote d'Albatre, Fecamp city, ramparts of theNormandy Dukes Castle

HEMIS_051985France, Manche, Cerisy La Forêt abbey

HEMIS_101818France, Seine Maritime, Rouen, Gros Horloge street in the historical center

HEMIS_108314France, Seine Maritime, Rouen, cathedral

HEMIS_108315France, Seine Maritime, Rouen, cathedral

HEMIS_114813France, Seine Maritime, Eu, plate at William the Conqueror square

HEMIS_114814France, Calvados, Varaville, commemorative plate of the victory of William theConqueror

HEMIS_114815France, Manche, Briquebec, the tower of the castle

HEMIS_114816France, Manche, Mont Saint Michel, salt meadow sheeps in the foreground

HEMIS_114817France, Calvados, Falaise, Benoit Panozzo, guide of the castle of William theConqueror

HEMIS_114812 : France, Manche, Cotentin, Barfleur village, labelled Les Plus Beaux Villages de France (The Most Beautiful Villages ofFrance), stele representing William the Conqueror's boat to the attack of England

HEMIS_114819France, Calvados, Beaumont en Auge, liturgic book in the church

HEMIS_114820France, Calvados, Ryes church

HEMIS_114823France, Manche, walkers in bay of the Mount Saint Michel

HEMIS_114824France, Calvados, Caen, Abbaye aux Dames (abbey),

HEMIS_114826France, Seine Maritime, Pays de Caux, Cote d'Albatre, edge of a Field with PoppiesNear Fecamp

HEMIS_114827France, Eure, Les Andelys, Chateau Gaillard

HEMIS_114828France, Eure, Gisors, Castle

HEMIS_114829France, Calvados, Honfleur, lieutenancy of the Vieux Bassin

HEMIS_114830France, Manche, Cotentin, Saint Sauveur le Vicomte, ramparts of the castle

HEMIS_114831France, Calvados, Bayeux, Sylvette Lemagnen, curator of the Tapestry of Bayeux

HEMIS_114832France, Calvados, Falaise, William the Conqueror's equestrian statue

HEMIS_114833France, Calvados, Falaise, equestrian statue of William the Conqueror

HEMIS_114835France, Calvados, Falaise, William the Conqueror Equestrian statue

HEMIS_114836France, Calvados, Falaise, statues of the dukes of Normandy on the base of theequestrian statue of William the Conqueror

HEMIS_114837France, Calvados, Falaise, statues of the dukes of Normandy on the base of theequestrian statue of William the Conqueror

HEMIS_114838France, Calvados, Falaise, Dukes of Normandy's statues on the base of William theConqueror's equestrian statue

HEMIS_114818 : France, Calvados, Courcy, Porte des Champs

HEMIS_114839France, Calvados, Falaise, castle of William the Conqueror

HEMIS_114841France, Calvados, Falaise, Benoit Panozzo, guide of the castle of William theConqueror

HEMIS_114843France, Calvados, norman flag

HEMIS_114844France, Calvados, Vieux, street plate of the lane of William the Conqueror, ancientRoman road

HEMIS_114845France, Calvados, Bayeux, capital of the crypt of the cathedral

HEMIS_114846France, Calvados, Thaon abbey

HEMIS_114847France, Calvados, Varaville, marshes of the Dives river

HEMIS_114848France, Calvados, Troarn, marshes of Dives river

HEMIS_114849France, Manche, Cotentin, Lessay, st ele of the abbey

HEMIS_114850France, Calvados, Beaumont en Auge, grond of the church

HEMIS_114853France, Calvados, Caen, Abbaye aux Hommes

HEMIS_114854France, Calvados, Falaise, Arlette fountain, William the Conqueror's mother

HEMIS_114855France, Calvados, Dives sur Mer, church Saint Sauveur

HEMIS_114856France, Calvados, Florence Delacampagne, archaeologist specialist of the middle age

HEMIS_114857France, Calvados, Falaise, statues of the dukes of Normandy on the base of theequestrian statue of William the Conqueror, Richard the First

HEMIS_114858France, Calvados, Falaise, William the Conqueror's castle

HEMIS_114840 : France, Calvados, Falaise, William the Conqueror's castle

HEMIS_114859France, Calvados, Caen, court of l'Abbaye aux Dames

HEMIS_114860France, Manche, Cotentin, Coutances, bell towers of the cathedral

HEMIS_114861France, Orne, flowered glade of Ecouves forest

HEMIS_114863France, Manche, ruins of the castle of R egn eville

HEMIS_114864France, Eure, dovecote of Mortemer abbey

HEMIS_114865France, Calvados, way going to the abbey of Thaon

HEMIS_114867France, Calvados, Troarn abbey

HEMIS_114869France, Manche, Lessey abbey

HEMIS_114870France, Calvados, Dives sur Mer, stele commemorating the departure to England ofWilliam the Conqueror

HEMIS_114872France, Calvados, Creully castle, BBC tower

HEMIS_143601France, Val d'Oise, French Vexin regional natural park, Epte Valley at Saint Clair surEpte

HEMIS_149783FranceFrance, Val d'Oise, French Vexin regional natural park, Saint Clair sur Epte,castle of Chateau sur Epte

HEMIS_114851 : France, Calvados, representation of William the Conqueror on the Tapestry of Bayeux