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The Cotentin, History and Heritage

Discover the sights of the history and the heritage of the Cotentin

The Valley of the Mills in Fermanville, the Normandy Landing Beaches or the house of Jacques Prévert. Cotentin Tourism has selected some historical heritage sites for you to discover in the Cotentin.

The Côte des Isles

The Côte des Isles

The West Coast of the Cotentin : Barneville-Carteret, Portbail, the Channel Islands…
Cherbourg-en-Cotentin and around

Cherbourg-en-Cotentin and around

The Cité de la Mer, the Italian theatre, the Ravalet Castle, the umbrella factory and its museum, its casino
Cotentin Bocage

Cotentin Bocage

The Cotentin marshlands, Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte, Sottevast, Bricquebec
The Normandy Landing Beaches

The Normandy Landing Beaches

Sainte-Mère-Eglise, Sainte-Marie-du-Mont, the Normandy Landing Beaches…
The Hague

The Hague

The Hague cape, the Goury lighthouse, the Racine port, the Sentier des Douaniers on the GR223, the Biville dunes

The Saire valley

The Saire valley

Barfleur, Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue, Fermanville, Tatihou island, Vauban towers…

Cherbourg

History and Heritage

The Roule Mountain
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Botanical gardens of the Emmanuel Liais Park in Cherbourg
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The Bay of Cherbourg
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The Saire valley

History and Heritage

The effigy of Guillaume Fouace’s daughter
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Valley of the Mills in Fermanville
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William the Conqueror
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The Hague

Côté Histoire et Patrimoine

Prévert House at Omonville-la-Petite
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J.F. Millet’s birth house
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The Normandy landings beachs

History and Heritage

The open air museum.
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The Allied landings of 1944
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