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Utah Beach • : A museum which traces the military exploit of the Normandy landings and more specifically that of Utah Beach. Created in 1962, it is located adjacent to the beach, even where American troops landed on the morning of June 6. The museum presents a substantial collection of archival photographs, models, maps (), and particular articles of veterans and distributes an archive film in three languages. •
Former Museum of the Occupation (Now Permanently Closed): located in the former German military headquarters for the Utah Beach sector, it housed the before becoming the command post of American 101st Airborne, before relocating to Hiesville under General Taylor. The building then became the headquarters of United States
4th Infantry Division (United States) and various other units for the
Utah Beach area on the morning of
6 June 1944 and until 1 November. This historic building stands out for its renowned German murals. The property, now designated as a Monument Historique by the French government, is privately owned. •
Liberation Museum: Located opposite the church, this museum houses a collection of uniforms, weapons, equipment and American and German vehicles. Captured trophies and objects from excavations of the battlefield where the paratroopers of the
101st Airborne Division and the American beach landing units faced the German troops. • , built in the 11th century and revised in the 12th to 13th centuries, is a listed monument since 1840. Before the
Revolution, one could see the white marble tomb of Henri-Robert-aux-Épaules above which stood a group representing the captain kneeling in full armor and accompanied by two Swiss. •
Utah Beach • Borne No. 0 0 of the "
Liberty Road" at Utah Beach. • Stele in tribute to the sailors of the
US Navy. •
Redoute d'Audouville (17th century) •
Château de l'Islet, one of the oldest of the Cotentin. The first building, probably a simple wooden fort was replaced by a castle, which included moats, dungeons, and drawbridges. It was demolished by Robert-aux-Épaules in the early seventeenth century and replaced by a castle with two identical dwellings bordering the two opposite sides of a courtyard surrounded by moats. The latter was abandoned in the eighteenth century and was later partially destroyed, especially during the Revolution. Few vestiges remain. • Grandies Farm, seemed to belong to the 17th century Brohier, lord of the Grandis. The home is an elongated rectangular building, built in limestone rubble and covered by a hipped slate roof. • Maillardière Manor Farm (17th century) • Lavalle Nanor Farm • The manor in Sainte-Marie-du-Mont: The land was part of the manor of
Charles, Prince of Soubise, sold in 1821. In the late 19th century, the Gosselin family simultaneously owned the manor, the river and Brucheville Manor. • Haudienville Manor (16th century), now separated by a boundary wall which divides the house into two properties. This remarkable mansion had a chapel founded in 1660. Its home is a vast construct comprising a rectangular building flanked by a pavilion. • Blainville Manor • Brécourt Manor (12th and 18th centuries), its name has evolved from Brucourt en Brécourt. The overall construction is rubble limestone. The roofs are slate, the house is on two levels lit by windows divided into bays. It was the scene of one of the most significant feats of the Battle of Normandy, the
Brécourt Manor Assault, led by paratroopers of the
506th Infantry Regiment led by
Lt. Richard Winters of the
101st Airborne Division, on 6 June 1944. • Franqueville Manor • La Rivière Manor (16th century), the house is built of rubble limestone and discovered covered by a gabled slate roof. It is a long building with a tower of polygonal staircase off-work. Its agricultural buildings are dated from 1793. • Vienville Manor, its name has evolved from Viéville (after 1656), then Vieuville. Between 1656 and 1699, Jean Mouton, husband of Miss Françoise Hauchemail, heir of the manor, undertook major renovations. From the old mansion some remains of the 17th century still hold attention, including a long farm building housing a remarkable carriage house and stable. • Mardelle Manor == Notable people ==