Normandy is one of the most famous French regions, located in northwest France. Normandy countryside is incredibly beautiful. There are, for example 550 km of coastal paths, sandy and pebble beaches, rocky cliffs that fall steeply into the sea, deep valleys, pleasant countryside and vast and dense forests. The entire region of Normandy is known as one large natural monument.
Normandy cuisine is also very diverse. You will find it not only the traditional French dishes are also many local specialties. Produced here as home camembert cheese, very tasty apple dessert, the world famous calvados, or even the Benedictine liqueur.
In the Middle Ages was an independent duchy of Normandy and later the French provinces. Its name is the region under the Vikings, the Franks at the time called Norman. The Normans conquered part of the country forcibly from 8 century. nl looting its towns, raping women and the poor destroyed everything they came in their way. Over time, however, the Normans in the province have their own possessions and began to build towns and villages. In 911 Frankish king Charles III. defeated Norman leader Rollo and thereby created a contract between the two rulers. Rollo, acknowledged Charles III. as its ruler and in return he was awarded the title of the Norman Duke. Normandie the next 300 years successfully prospered. The 11th century in Normandy began construction of temples, cathedrals and city fortifications. Another Duke there was William the Conqueror, who became in 1066 the English king and the territory gained. Holocene, however, he did not want to leave their territory like a wanted insisted back. This, however, they managed to end the so-called Hundred Years War. Ordinary provinces of Normandy and became in 1469 by Louis XI. Another famous moment of the 6th saw Normandie June 1944, when there was an American landing on Omaha Beach allies. Normandy help Americans get out of the hands of Germans, and therefore it is very historically significant day often referred to as the so-called D-Day
