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Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normandy
Normandy (French: Normandie, Norman: Normaundie, from Old French Normanz, plural of Normant, originally from the word for "northman" in several Scandinavian languages) is one of the 18 regions of France, roughly referring to the historical Duchy of Normandy.
Normandy is divided into five administrative departments: Calvados, Eure, Manche, Orne, and Seine-Maritime. It covers 30,627 square kilometres (11,825 sq mi), comprising roughly 5% of the territory of metropolitan France. Its population of 3.37 million accounts for around 5% of the population of France. The inhabitants of Normandy are known as Normans, and the region is the historic homeland of the Norman language.
The historical region of Normandy comprised the present-day region of Normandy, as well as small areas now part of the departments of Mayenne and Sarthe. The Channel Islands (French: Îles Anglo-Normandes) are also historically part of Normandy; they cover 194 km² and comprise two bailiwicks: Guernsey and Jersey, which are British Crown dependencies over which Queen Elizabeth II reigns as Duke of Normandy.
Normandy's name comes from the settlement of the territory by mainly Danish and Norwegian Vikings ("Northmen") from the 9th century, and confirmed by treaty in the 10th century between King Charles III of France and the Viking jarl Rollo. For a century and a half following the Norman conquest of England in 1066, Normandy and England were linked by Norman and Frankish rulers.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honfleur
Honfleur is a commune in the Calvados department in northwestern France. It is located on the southern bank of the estuary of the Seine across from le Havre and very close to the exit of the Pont de Normandie. Its inhabitants are called Honfleurais.
It is especially known for its old port, characterized by its houses with slate-covered frontages, painted many times by artists, including in particular Gustave Courbet, Eugène Boudin, Claude Monet and Johan Jongkind, forming the école de Honfleur (Honfleur school) which contributed to the appearance of the Impressionist movement. The Sainte-Catherine church, which has a bell tower separate from the principal building, is the largest church made out of wood in France.
Possibly dating from the 17th century. Now housing, in part, a Calvados distillery (apple brandy). The house is surrounded by many acres of apple orchards. Calvados also name of the département (province).
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They do NOT advertise overnight accommodation!
Détruit pendant les bombardements de 1944, le théâtre de Caen a été reconstruit entre 1955-1963 par deux architectes : Alain Bourbonnais, qui conçoit l'intérieur et François Carpentier, chargé de l'architecture extérieure.
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Caen (Calvados) - Place Saint-Sauveur - Statue de Louis XIV en empereur romain
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For Bokeh Thursday: in the dark. A 'Shot' in the Dark...
I do like this lighting style... lots of black shades! and look, I bloody well forgot to fill the glass! (it does look better though for some strange reason!) Am currently enjoying a nice Coffee laced with said Calva...;-}
Strobist: SB700 RoC thru brolly, YN560 to LoC in softbox both at 1/8th power triggered with rf603s. tealights in background.
Photoshop: removed some bokeh that refracted through the glass and bottle, it looked a bit messy,
Paysage de campagne de Meurthe et Moselle - DPT 54340
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C'est ici qu'est fabriqué le fameux fromage "Le Livarot". Sur cette photo on peut voir les moules qui servaient autrefois pour mouler les fromages...
Pour cause de situation sanitaire, ce n'était pas Cidre et Dragons mais nous étions quand même quelques uns sur la plage de Merville-Franceville, pirates, vikings, steampunks et gentes dames.
Caen (Calvados) - Statue de Du Guesclin (place Saint-Martin)
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