The Church Saint Pierre of Arronmanches les Bains !!!

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I have come back in my road warrior trails of my belle France and Normandy is tops ; see my many posts on it in my blog, I needed to be back and did in grand style me think. Nice experiences which had made us come back again to historically Arromanches les Bains, Therefore, let me tell you about the Church Saint Pierre of Arromanches les Bains !!! Hope you enjoy it as I.

The village of Arromanches-les-Bains, aka Arromanches, is located in the Calvados department no. 14 in the Normandie region of my belle France. It is 11 km from Bayeux, 29 km from Caen, 261 km from Versailles ,and 313 km from my current home. The town is accessed from Bayeux via the D 516 from where we came, From here we also, went back home.

The Church Saint-Pierre dates back to the 11C. In the 18C, the church underwent modifications with additions such as a bay for the choir and chapels. The church was completely remodeled in the 19C ; the first bay was added, as was the bell tower. The current church was built between 1857 and 1870 in the neo-Romanesque style to replace the 13C church, which was too small for a fishing town that had become a seaside resort. The church’s stained-glass windows commemorate the landings during WWII.

The Church Saint Pierre, patron saint of fishermen, is located in a valley by the sea. The church follows a Latin cross plan with a projecting transept. The nave and the choir have four bays respectively. The church is preceded by a bell tower-porch and ends with a flat chevet. The entrance facade consists of the bell tower-porch ,The portal is surmounted by a statue of the Virgin hiding the rose window of the tympanum. The square-section bell tower, supported by angular buttresses, consists of three levels. The first is bare, the second houses the clock face and the third is pierced by arched bays equipped with louvers. It is crowned by a polygonal spire of cut stone framed by pinnacles. The organ was built in 1987, measuring 2.70 m wide, 2.72 m high, and 1 m deep, and renovated in 2016,

The town of Arromanches on its heritage : https://www.arromanches.com/patrimoine/

The Normandie region tourist office on the Church : https://www.normandie-tourisme.fr/activite/visite-de-leglise-darromanches/

There you go folks, another dandy in beautiful Normandie, and my belle France,never enough time to see it all, This is a memorable spots that should be visited more, me think. Glad to be back, we had a great time indeed ! Again, hope you enjoy this post on the Church Saint Pierre of Arromanches les Bains !!! as I

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

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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.

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