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The chequered history of this working Benedictine monastery goes back to 649, and includes a spell in the 19th century as home to the Marquis of Stackpole.
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An exquisite example of Norman Romanesque architecture.
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A jaunty little Seine-side town with a centuries-old Saturday market, brilliant museum of river life, Flamboyant Gothic church and medieval Templar’s house.
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The heart of Écouis is the church of Notre-Dame, built by Enguerrand de Marigny in 1313. The ruined 12th-century Abbaye de Fontaine Guérard is worth a short excursion.
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The handsome collegiate church in this tranquil riverside town is named after the Irish primate St Lawrence, who died here in 1180 (see Château d’Eu).
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In the capital of Norman Vexin, a fine 13th- to 14th-century church keeps company with the castle William the Conqueror built to protect his borders.
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This popular seaside town at the mouth of the River Bresle is famous for its smoked fish (see Delgove et Cie, Le Tréport) – also for the view of the coast from the Calvaire (calvary) above the town.
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Gloriously situated, its cliff-top church has windows by Ubac and Braques. Lutyens and Gertrude Jekyll collaborated on the nearby Parc du Bois des Moutiers.
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In its own valley, at the mouth of the shortest river in France, this pretty village clusters round its 12th-century church.
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At a beautiful spot on the Seine, Villequier marks the point where river becomes estuary. Victor Hugo’s daughter Léopoldine drowned here in 1843. The Musée Victor-Hugo commemorates her life.
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