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Le Normandie
Tara Keller
L’histoire Pre-Historic times 3rd, 4th centuries, BC and AD 13th century to 17th century 18th and 19th centuries World War II
Pre-Historic times Archaeological finds:
Cave paintings Some of earliest Remains
3rd, 4th centuries BC and AD Gauls invaded Normandie Julius Caesar invaded Gaul, 9
different tribes “Romanization”
3rd century AD- Vikings invaded Seine Valley Name from vikings- “northmen”
Taken over by Germany
13th to 17th centuries 1204-1259- English possession Hundred-Years War
Occupied by British forces Back and forth between England and
France
18th, 19th centuries industries introduced and
developed: Weaving Metallurgy sugar refining Ceramics shipbuilding
19th century First beach resorts open
World War II D-Day invasion of Normandie
beaches
La culture Painting Architecture Religion Culinary
Painting Attracted many artists
Monet Picasso Renoir
Many styles Romanticism Impressionism
Monet’s Rouen Cathedrals
Architecture Rich variety:
Roman Germanic Norman
Religion Currently no established church
Separated church and state Previous influences
Anglican Church Celtic Christianity Catholicism
No singular patron saint
Saints Revered in Normandy Aubert
Founder of Mont Saint-Michel Joan of Arc (Jeanne d’Arc)
Major hero of Hundred-Years War Martyred in Rouen
Les villes/les villages fameux Giverny Rouen Bayeux
Giverny Small town Claude Monet lived and died here
Rouen Major city Seat of the
Exchequer in Middle Ages
Joan of Arc was burnt at stake here (under English control)
Rouen Cites to See Place du Vieux Marché Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen Rouen Notre Dame Cathedral
Struck by lightning several times, interrupted building
Burials: Richard the Lionhearted’s heart
Rouen in Culture The character Erik born “in a small
town not far from Rouen” Call of Duty 3 features map set in
Rouen
Bayeux Major city Bayeux Tapestry City involved in
wars Hundred Years’
War General Charles
de Gaulle
Bayeux Tapestry 70 metres, 230 ft Musée de la Tapisserie de Bayeux embroidery
La Gastonomie Cuisine based around three main
products of region Seafood apples Dairy products
AOC Appellation d’origine Contrôlée
"controlled designation of origin“ French certification granted to French
geographical indications Wines Cheese Butters agricultural products
Cheeses Normandie-originated cheeses:
Camembert Livarot Pont l'Évêque Brillat-Savarin Neufchâtel Petit Suisse
Camembert soft, creamy,
surface-ripened cow's milk cheese
First made in the late 18th century in Le Normandie
Livarot soft, pungent,
washed rind cheese made from cow's milk Washed-rind-
repeatedly wiped with, brushed with, dunked in a liquid such as saltwater, brine, or an alcohol
Pont l'Évêque Probably oldest
Norman cheese still in production
uncooked, unpressed cow's-milk cheese
Washed rind, Norman origins
Brillat-Savarin soft, white-crusted
cow's milk triple cream Brie Creamy and faintly
sour named after 18th
century French gourmet and political figure Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin.
created in the 1930s
Neufchâtel soft, slightly
crumbly, mould-ripened cheese aroma and taste
of mushrooms One of oldest
cheeses in France
Petit Suisse “Little Swiss” unripened, unsalted, smooth
creamy cheese
Apples Used to make
Ciders and drinks Deserts and pastries
Calvados Popular apple brandy
from Normandie apples trou normand –
inbetween courses to partake a glass
distilled from specially grown and selected apples over 200 named varieties
Bourdelot apples baked in pastry localities all over have their own
variation
Seafood Mussels Scallops Lobsters mackerel oysters
Les endroits à visiter Normandy Beaches Pont de Normandie Mont Saint Michel
Normandy Beaches Code names from WWII:
Sword Beach Juno Beach Gold Beach Omaha Beach Utah Beach
Still called by code names
Sword Beach Invaded by British Sixth British Airborne parachuted Ouistreham to Luc-sur-Mer Museums:
Musée de la Batterie de Merville Ranville War Cemetery
Map
Juno Beach Invaded by Canadians Includes towns of St. Aubin-sur-Mer,
Bernières-sur-Mer, Courseulles-sur-Mer
Strongest Defense Museums:
Site de Courseulles-sur-Mer Centre Juno Beach Map
Gold Beach Invaded by British 5 miles wide Museums
Arromanches (Not really a museum) Musée Memorial de la Bataille de
Normandie
Map
Omaha Beach Invaded by U.S.A. No cover, strewn with dead Museums:
Musée Memorial d’Omaha Beach Musée D-Day Omaha
Map
Utah Beach Invaded by U.S.A. Accidentally landed south, not as
well defended Objective- cut peninsula in half,
take Cherbourg Museums:
Memorial de la Liberte Retrouvee Many monuments
Map
Pont de Normandie cable-stayed road bridge spans river
Seine More than 19,000 tons of steel used,
184 cables were used Longest cable-stayed at time
Les fêtes Fetes Jeanne d’Arc
May 27th and 28th Rouen June 17th and 18th Les Andelys
Medieval Festival Bayeux July 1st and 2nd
Crevecouer-second week of July mid October to end of November,
Autumn Festival in several cities of region
La Fin! Merci beaucoup pour votre
attentions!
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