Seine-Maritime: Rouen, Le Havre, and the Alabaster Coast
Seine-Maritime occupies the stretch of Normandy coast from Le Treport to Le Havre, including the dramatic chalk cliffs of Etretat that Monet and Maupassant made famous. Rouen, the prefecture, was the medieval capital of Normandy and the city where Joan of Arc was burned in 1431. The old town, rebuilt after heavy bombing in 1944, retains its half-timbered character around the cathedral that Monet painted repeatedly under different light conditions.
Le Havre, rebuilt by Auguste Perret in reinforced concrete after near-total wartime destruction, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site for its modernist architecture. The port of Le Havre is the largest in France for container traffic. Dieppe, further along the coast, is the nearest cross-Channel port to Paris and has a ferry link to Newhaven. The department's population exceeds 1.26 million, making it the most populated in Normandy.
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Seine-Maritime occupies the stretch of Normandy coast from Le Treport to Le Havre, including the dramatic chalk cliffs of Etretat that Monet and Maupassant made famous. Rouen, the prefecture, was the medieval capital of Normandy and the city where Joan of Arc was burned in 1431. The old town, rebuilt after heavy bombing in 1944, retains its half-timbered character around the cathedral that Monet painted repeatedly under different light conditions.
Le Havre, rebuilt by Auguste Perret in reinforced concrete after near-total wartime destruction, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site for its modernist architecture. The port of Le Havre is the largest in France for container traffic. Dieppe, further along the coast, is the nearest cross-Channel port to Paris and has a ferry link to Newhaven. The department's population exceeds 1.26 million, making it the most populated in Normandy.
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