I went looking for the castle at Beaumont le Roger, and found instead an Abbey. No trace of a castle remains. Enquiries in the town revealed that a large chateau had been completely destroyed in the Normandy invasion at the end of WWll. However, research proved this to have been a much later palatial manor house.
One is struck by the destruction caused by the war here in Normandy. Buildings are still peppered by shell holes and bullet chips. We haven't changed since medieval times; we have merely become more destructive.
One is struck by the destruction caused by the war here in Normandy. Buildings are still peppered by shell holes and bullet chips. We haven't changed since medieval times; we have merely become more destructive.
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