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Other interesting buildings are the hôtel du Grand Cerf dating from the first half of the 16th century, and the chapel of Sainte-Clotilde, close by a spring which, owing to its supposed healing powers, is the object of a pilgrimage. [4] Grand Andely has a statue of Nicolas Poussin, a native of the place.
Le Grand Cerf is a nineteenth century hotel, that was registered as a monument in 2008. [31] Hotel Libert is a hotel dating back to the 18th century, registered as a monument in 1947. [32] Hotel Radigue is a hotel dating back to the 18th century, registered as a monument in 1960. [33] The hotel was mentioned in the Honoré de Balzac novel La ...
Lyons-la-Forêt [3] is located 34 km (21 mi) from Rouen and 28 km (17 mi) from Gisors.Former name: Saint-Denis-en-Lyons. Lyons was originally the name of the forest Licontio-/Ligontio-, based probably on the Celtic root lic/lig, that is also found in the name of the stream: la Lieure Licoris /Ligoris.
Jacques Balsan and Consuelo Vanderbilt Balsan (formerly the Duchess of Marlborough) in Saint-Georges-Motel.. The early 17th-century Château Saint-Georges-Motel, is a 10,000-square-foot castle surrounded by a moat on a 235-acre property that includes eighteen outbuildings.
Mortemer Abbey (French: L'Abbaye de Mortemer, pronounced [labei də mɔʁtəmɛʁ]) is a former Cistercian monastery in the Forest of Lyons between the present Lyons-la-Forêt and Lisors, some 34 km (21 mi) southeast of Rouen in the department of Eure. It is located on the territory of the commune of Lisors.
Hotel Barrière Le Normandy Deauville is a palace hotel built in a traditional regional architecture of manor style— Anglo-Norman cottage with half-timbered and checkered stones. It has 226 rooms and 45 suites, decorated by interior designer Jacques Garcia and inspired by the Belle Époque style. Most of the rooms have a view of the sea.
The Lyons family (originally styled de Lyons, or de Leonne, Lyonne, and also spelled Lyon) is an eminent Anglo-Norman family descended from Ingelram de Lyons, Lord of Lyons, who arrived in England with the Norman Conquest, and from his relation, Nicholas de Lyons, who emigrated from Normandy to England in 1080 and was granted lands at Warkworth, Northamptonshire by William of Normandy.
La Forêt-Auvray (French pronunciation: [la fɔʁɛ ovʁɛ] ⓘ) is a former commune in the Orne department in north-western France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Putanges-le-Lac. [2] It is located about 200 km west of Paris, 45 km south of Caen, 55 km north-west of Alençon.