Parc-musée du granit
Le Guen Gildas  
Le bourg  
50850 Ger (Manche)
Phone 02 33 59 02 22 - Fax 02 33 79 35 45
A walk in a park-museum, set on the slopes of the village of Saint-Michel de Montjoie. The village was built on the counter forts of a granitic ridge....


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Maison natale de Jean-François Millet
Nicole Vautier  
Hameau Gruchy  
50440 Gréville-Hague (Manche)
Phone 02 33 01 81 91 - Fax 02 33 01 81 94
Precursor of the impressionist movement, Jean-Fraçois Millet was born in the hamlet of Gruchy, near Gréville-hague, in 1814. Even if he...


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Maison Jacques Prévert
Maëlle Quéré  
Le Val  
50440 Omonville-la-Petite (Manche)
Phone 02 33 52 72 38 - Fax 02 33 52 72 38
Jacques Prévert bought his cottage in Omonville-la-Petite in 1970. He will live there until his death in April 1977. The visit of the upstairs...


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Musée maritime de l'île Tatihou
Sylvie Coulot  
Ile Tatihou  
50550 Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue (Manche)
Phone 02 33 54 33 33 - Fax 02 33 54 33 47
Tatihou offers its visitors an insight into 3 centuries of fascinating history beginning with the Battle of la Hougue and the building of the Vauban...


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Maison de la Baie - Relais de Courtils
S. Peronne  
21, route de la Roche-Torin  
50220 Courtils (Manche)
Phone 02 33 89 66 00 - Fax 02 33 89 66 09
Just next to the Mont-St-Michel, the Maison de la Baie in Courtils is an interpretative centre which explains the creation and the gradual silting up...


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Musée maritime - Les Fours à chaux du Rey
Pessin Séverine  
14 route des Fours à chaux  
50590 Regnéville-sur-Mer (Manche)
Phone 02 33 46 82 18 - Fax 02 33 46 03 74
In the middle Ages, Regneville was a major port of cabotage linking Gascony to the main ports of England. From 19th Century, the local limestone is...


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Musée Régional de la Poterie
Le Guen Gildas  
Le Placître  
50850 Ger (Manche)
Phone 02 33 79 35 36 - Fax 02 33 79 35 45
Pottery has been made in Ger since the 15th century. Here kilns, furnished potter's cottages and workshops have been restored to their original state....


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Fort du Cap Levi
I. Frémont  
7, le Cap Levi  
50840 Fermanville (Manche)
Phone 02 33 23 68 68 - Fax 02 33 23 68 69
Set in a very picturesque cove, a step away from the port of Cherbourg, the early 19th century fort was built to protect the coast from English...


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