December 5th, 2016
Bayeux to Cherbourg with a little Geocaching along the way
A visit to Pointe Du Hoc, the highest point between Utah Beach to the West
and Omaha Beach to the East
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Bayeux Cathedral
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William and Matilda
Bayeux Cathedral Doorway |
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Notre-Dame de l'Assomption l'Eglise de La Cambe
(Assumption of our Lady, la Cambe)
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Stations of the Cross
Notre-Dame de l'Assomption l'Eglise de La Cambe (Assumption of our Lady, la Cambe) |
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St Joseph with Infant Jesus
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Mary and Child
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St Francis of Assisi
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Notre-Dame de l'Assomption l'Eglise de La Cambe
(Assumption of our Lady, la Cambe)
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World Peace Statue to Celebrate the 60th Anniversary
of the Normandy Landings, by Chinese sculptor Yao Yuan
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The bench at the entrance to the church is for
the use of unmarried mothers and is nicknamed
'the Bench for Female Sinners' Église de Létanville |
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Built in 1896 and partly rebuilt after the bombings
of June 6, 1944
Grandcamp-Maisy - Église Notre-Dame
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Stained Glass Windows, Église Notre-Dame,
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Stations of the Cross, Église Notre-Dame,
Grandcamp-Maisy
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On June 6th 1944, US Army Rangers scaled the 90-foot
cliffs to capture this heavily defended position under German occupation
Pointe
du Hoc Memorial and Museum
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Pointe du Hoc and the surrounding terrain has
many of the original fortifications and the
site remains littered with numerous bomb craters |
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The German Coastal Battery at Pointe du Hoc was
taken on the 6th June, 1944
by Colonel James Earl Rudder of the US 2nd Ranger Battalion |
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Stained glass windows, Church of Saint-Joseph,
Saint-Joseph, Manche
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Stations of the Cross, Church of Saint-Joseph,
Saint-Joseph, Manche
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Altar and Reredos
Church of Saint-Joseph, Saint-Joseph, Manche |
Geocaching at the Cherbourg Ferry Terminal
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