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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.
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.
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The 15th - 17th Century Abbey and Dovecote. 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.
The Château de Lyons-la-Forêt was a castle in Lyons-la-Forêt in the Eure département of France. [1] The castle was constructed at the start of the 12th century by Henry I of England, also known as "Henri Beauclerc". [1] He died there in 1135, supposedly from "a surfeit of lampreys".
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.
It is a suburb of the city of Lyon, located to the west of the city.. It is located only 5 km (3.1 mi) from the center of Lyon, but is a community in its own right.The town grew as a haven from the industry of Lyon, as it is set high above the city, and there are some panoramas of Lyon and the surrounding area, notably from a park known as the 'Esplanade de Lichfield'.
The quarter of Vieux Lyon and the Lyon Cathedral face the square over the Saône. The Place Bellecour is the kilometer 0 of Lyon: all distances are counted from this point. The square's metro station, also called Bellecour, is the intersection of lines A and D. The square is also served by many buses, including 10, 14 and 88.