Comment accéder falaise Etretat ?
Comment aller aux falaises d’Etretat ?
- Prenez la 113 en direction de Rouen/Caen en sortant de la capitale.
- Prenez la A 131 Pont de Tancarville, direction le Havre.
- Sortez à Saint Romaine de Colbosc sur la A29.
- Une fois sur la D39, prenez la sortie Etainhus / Angerville, l’Orcher et vous arriverez à Etretat.
Where is Falaise in France?
- Falaise ( French pronunciation: [falɛz] ( listen)) is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. Falaise lies on the river Ante, a tributary of the river Dives, about 30 kilometres (19 miles) southeast of Caen .
What is the significance of the Chateau de Falaise?
- The Château de Falaise (12th-13th century), which overlooks the town from a high crag ( French: falaise ), was formerly the seat of the Dukes of Normandy. Also, the Treaty of Falaise was signed at the castle in December 1174 between the captive William I, King of Scots, and the Plantagenet King of England, Henry II .
When was Falaise first inhabited?
- The area around Falaise has been inhabited from prehistoric times but it wasn’t until the end of the prehistoric period and the beginning of the Gallo-Roman era that the area, and Falaise in particular, was regularly inhabited. Evidence of settlement from this time has been found at Vaston, an agricultural area just north-east of the modern town.
What was the significance of the liberation of Falaise?
- The Liberation of Falaise, 1944; US troops pose with a captured German flag by a knocked-out tank. In modern times it is known for the battle of the Falaise Pocket during the Allied reconquest of France (called Operation Overlord) in August 1944 in which two German armies were encircled and destroyed by the Allied armies.
