A bridge and a castle at Tancarville !!!

Posted in Europe, France

And my continuing road warrior trip back into our nostalgic Normandy, we visited two main towns and stayed between the two, perfect timing and location. We headed back after another wonderful visit and of course, we passed by nice places coming back for a quick look, These are towns we have passed many times and it was time for a picture, Let me tell you about the bridge and the castle at Tancarville !!! Hope you enjoy the post as I.

The town of Tancarville is located in the Seine-Maritime department 76 in the Normandie region of my belle France, The Pont de Tancarville bridge is a carrier-cable suspension bridge that crosses the Seine river between Tancarville (Seine-Maritime 76) and Marais-Vernier (Eure 27), Begun on November 16, 1955, the bridge was put into service on July 2, 1959, in the expected deadlines , Until the opening date of the Normandy Bridge, it was the closest bridge to the Seine estuary,

Pont de Tancarville arriv aug23

It has a length of 1,420 meters with a central span of longest in Europe on its construction of 608 meters, which remains the national record to this day, and two side spans of 176 meters each. The total weight of the framework is 7,500 tonnes. Its pylons are 123 meters high and support an average load of 6,000 tonnes. Due to the marshy nature of the land, the foundation of the left bank pylon has a depth of 28 meters, so as to rest on compact soil. That of the pylon on the right bank has a depth of 18 meters. The free height for navigation, or air draft, is 50 meters. The cables are connected to two anchor blocks, the heaviest of which weighs 36,000 tonnes and has dimensions close to those of the Arc de Triomphe. ‘Etoile in Paris.

The Pont de Tancarville bridge is also a strategic structure, since it is on the main road (N182) linking Paris to Le Havre. The Seine Estuaire Chamber of Commerce and Industry is the manager of the bridge until November 17, 2031. The bridge is equipped with a video surveillance and incident detection system. It has its own meteorological station as well as a satellite positioning device which allows the movements of the deck to be known. Dynamic signaling makes it possible to adapt the information given to drivers to traffic conditions. Patrol vehicles are permanently ready to intervene on the structure,

Pont de Tancarville

The bridge appears in the film Les Grandes Vacances with Louis de Funès (film released in December 1967). It, also, appears in the film Sale temps pour les mouches (Bad Weather for the Flies)  released in 1966, then in 1969 in Le Cerveau by Gérard Oury. And in the film Le Dîner de Cons, the character of François Pignon announces that he has built a model of the Tancarville bridge with 346,422 matches.

The Château de Tancarville is an ancient fortified castle, from the 11C, whose remains stand on the territory of the town of Tancarville. The castle, private property, The first lord, Tancrede, only gives his name to the domain. It was his grandson, Raoul de Tancarville, tutor then chamberlain of Duke William the Bastard, who after founding the Saint-Georges de Boscherville abbey in 1050, obtained authorization from the duke to build a castle. This was completed at the beginning of the 12C with the Carrée tower, probably the Romanesque keep, whose walls are 1.65 meters thick.

Tancarville

In 1316, Jeanne de Tancarville, sole heir, married John II. His son became the second Count of Tancarville , and after several change of hands , in 1468 a reception room was built. It was the Count of Évreux and Tancarville, Louis de La Tour d’Auvergne who in 1709 had the “Château Neuf”, or new castle , a large castle in classical style which builds on the medieval parts of the old castle. After 1789, the castle was pillaged and partly burned during the French revolution,  For 29 years, from 1910 to 1939, the castle was rented by Mr. Fernand Prat and his wife Jehanne Leblanc (sister of Maurice Leblanc) who received a number of personalities from the arts and letters there: Maurice Maeterlinck and his companion Georgette Leblanc , Colette, Margaret Caroline Anderson, James Joyce, Bertrand de Jouvenel, Pierre Lecomte de Noüy, and Louis Fabulet. Maurice Leblanc, author of Arsène Lupin, wrote Le Bouchon de Cristal (or The Crystal Stopper) in the tour de l’Aigle ( or Eagle Tower) which dates from the 15C.

The Pont Normandie on the Tancarville : https://www.pontsnormandietancarville.fr/lhistoire/pont-de-tancarville/la-construction-le-pont-en-details/

The local Entre Seine et Mer tourist office on Tancarville : https://www.entreseineetmer.fr/a-voir-a-faire/patrimoine-naturel/lattrait-de-la-seine/

The magazine Patrimoine Normand on the castle of Tancarville: https://www.patrimoine-normand.com/article-147827-chateau-de-tancarville.html

There you go folks, a dandy way to come back home ! A nice ride back and wonderful new monuments to see. This was a wonderful trip ! Again, hope you enjoy the post on a bridge and a castle at Tancarville !!! as I

And remember, happy travels, good health, and many cheers to all !!!

Unknown's avatar

Published by pedmar10

I am a lover of travels to Europe , Americas , Africa and Asia as well ,who like to share my experiences of the last 53 years with the world, visiting so far 81 countries; living in 6, working in 5, and Citizen of 4, speaking fluently 4 languages. I can deal with sports especially football/soccer and love music, arts, wine collector/drinker, and go out to restaurants, and just visit the world. My background comes all the way from Candelaria and Pajara in Tenerife, Spain where my grandparents came from ;not knowing each other then, to Punta Brava, west of Havana, Cuba. There , my parents born in Cuba met and later on I was born there too. 100% guanche (annexed Tenerife to Spain on April 10 ,1496). I left Cuba as many have to Madrid, Spain where I lived for 4 years. Then, move to Perth Amboy ,New Jersey USA (living there 13 yrs) ; where I completed high school, became a US Citizen, learned to drive a car, and learned English. Afterward, went to the university in Florida, ERAU, and upon graduation decided to moved there to Ormond by the Sea, near Daytona Beach, finally moving North Miami, then Hialeah, then another moved to Silver Lakes division in Miramar, Broward county, Florida; in Florida I lived a total of 18 years. Finally , moved to France in 2003 ,Versailles call me for its royalty, and working in Paris was great. It was time to seek frontiers again and moved to Brech near Auray, Morbihan in Brittany , and later move to not too far Pluvigner. Total so far in France has been 20 years, and counting. Moving average a home every 5.5 years hopefully this will be my last. Cheers All rights reserved. No part of this blog may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means or stored in a retrieval system of any nature, without the written permission of the copyright holder, me. No part of this work may be modified, without the written permission of the holder, me.No part of this work may be exposed to public view in any form or by any means, without identifying the holder as the author, and with the before mentioned permission.

Leave a comment

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.