This is La Bouille !!!

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In my nostalgic road warrior saga of my belle France have passed by this area many times and always a treat, always looking forward to be back, eventually, I was on the back roads and came by this little village of La Bouille !! I found me older pictures in my cd rom vault that should be in my blog for you and me, I have my wonderful memories with family visits and even if we are fewer today, the memories lingered forever, I like to tell you about this is La Bouille !!! Hope you enjoy the post as I.

The village of La Bouille is located in the department no 76 of Seine-Maritime in the Normandie region of my belle France. It is located on the left bank of the Seine river ,connected by a Sahurs Bac or taxi boat, on the right bank, at the edge of the Londe-Rouvray national forest and at the limit of the Eure department no 27. It is 24 km from Rouen, 54 km from Evreux, 59 km from Honfleur, 122 km from Versailles, and 420 km from my current home, We got here on the D186, then A13 autoroute de Normandie ,dir Rouen to exit/sortie 24 on the D438 ,D132E/D132 to D64 and village.

Maison des Lambert – La Tour du Veilleu. Maison achetée par Albert Lambert  père en 1892. Sur les hauteurs du village se dresse une curieuse et énigmatique maison modelée par Albert Lambert père selon sa personnalité fantasque: un mur de fortification crénelé, une pergola alignant ses colonnes couvertes de roses, une tour octogonale ouvrant ses fenêtres sur la boucle de la Seine, une tour de guet, des statues, des médaillons, des bas-reliefs, etc. L’ensemble offre un effet saisissant, tenant tout à  la fois du décor de théâtre et du château néo-gothique. Son fils, Albert Lambert fils tiendra à la Comédie française, les grands rôles du répertoire classique, qu’il répétait, du haut de la tour crénelée de cette étrange demeure, devant le magnifique panorama sur la Boucle de la Seine.

At Rue du Docteur Magalon see the Maison Louis XI , 14C, Here, on June 7 1467 Louis XI and Queen Charlotte de Savoie welcomed the duke of Warwick, as Ambassador of Édouard IV of England. The interview takes place in this half -timbered house.

Maison d’Hector Malot 18C house in stone and bricks at Quai Hector Malot, Here on May 29, 1830, Hector Malot, author of Sans Famille, was born in this house on the banks of the Seine. The novelist will live in this house until the age of five. The presence of the river, sailboats, the stories of sailors told by his mother, a widow of a long-term captain who died in Santo Domingo, influence his childhood and give him the taste of travel.

The original weather vane of the city hall Rue de la République of La Bouille, recalls the passage of the Vikings on their drakkars. The girouette or weather vane was originally used on Vikings boats. This building originally designed to shelter a city hall, a school of boys, the teacher’s accommodation and a room intended for the shower baths, It does not lack picturesque looks with its roofs, stored tiles, its half-timbered walls and its campanile carrying, at its peak, a Girouette Drakkar.

Other things of note in La Bouille is located on the route of the Pilgrimage of Mont Saint-Michel , on the path coming from Amiens by Rouen and the Roumare forest. La Bouille was liberated by  2ème Corps of the Canadian army on August 27, 1944,A rue de la Bouille is called “Rue des Canadiens”. A square, that of “Place de la Liberation” as well, In the afternoon of August 27, soldiers of the Canadian troops entered the village, occupied by the nazis for 4 years. See the monument to the dead in the cemetery.

The Village of La Bouille on its heritage : https://www.labouille.fr/tourismecommercespatrimoine/patrimoine-et-histoire

The Rouen tourist office on La Bouille: https://en.visiterouen.com/heritages/arts/capital-of-impressionism/la-bouille/

There you go folks, a wonderful array of beautiful historical little village with nice sights, this is La Bouille, worth the detour, me think. Again, hope you enjoy the post on this is La Bouille !!! as I.

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

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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.

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