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!