lower normandy! ( basse-normandie)
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Lower Normandy! ( Basse-Normandie). Rachel Taylor. Facts! . Region Area 17,589 sq.km Population About 1,416,000 Capital Caen Departments included Calvados Manche Orne. History!. 5 th Century - Conquered by the Franks - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Lower Normandy!(Basse-Normandie)
Rachel Taylor
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Facts!
• Region Area– 17,589 sq.km
• Population– About 1,416,000
• Capital– Caen
• Departments included– Calvados– Manche– Orne
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History!• 5th Century - Conquered by
the Franks• 1106 - Victory of Tinchebray gave Normandy to
the Plantagenets• 1204 – Philippe Auguste confiscated the region• Hundred Years War - Annexed by England• 1436-1450 – French regained region• 1468 – entirely under French monarchy’s
control• 1956- Created a new region
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Continued!
• Operation Overlord during World War II– June 1944 - Beaches of Calvados site of D-Day
landings• Battle of Normandy– Regions, towns, and were destoyed
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Cuisine!• Dairy products– Butter, cheese, milk, and cream
• Apples and Cider• Seafood(Manche and Calvados)– Shellfish, lobster, clams, whelks, scallops, mussels
and oysters• Meat– Duck, veal, pork
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Culture!
• Languages– French– Norman(regional)
• French Authors from Lower Normandy– Guy de Maupassant, Marcel Proust, Jules Barbey
d'Aurevilly, and Gustave Flaubert• Religion of Normandy citizens– 75% of Normandy residents = Roman Catholicism– 1–2% Protestants – 1–3% Muslims– ¼ have no religion
Marcel Proust Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly
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Geography!• 3 regional nature parks– Marais du Cotentin et du Bessin, Normandie-Maine,
Perche• Norman hedged farmland– Verdant pastures and dew-drenched orchards
• Normandy plain• Auge land– Vast uniform area
• Ouche land– Rural
• Perche– Hills groved with watercourses
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Tourism• Mont Saint Michel– contains numerous architectural jewels– Pre-Norman church, abbey church, Norman and
gothic monastery building included in Mont Saint Michel
• Mont-Saint-Michel is surrounded by a magnificent bay which has the greatest tidal ranges in Europe, a grand spectacle
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Continued• People come to visit– Pretty harbor of Honfleur– Bayeux Tapestry– William the Conqueror's birthplace at Falaise– Basilica at Lisieux dedicated to Saint Theresa– Claude Monet's treasured garden at Giverny
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About Lower Normandy
• Elle s’appelle la Basse-Normandie. La region est sur le côté nord-ouest de la France. La capitale de la région est Caen. La geographie de cette region est bonne. Il a une grande variété de collines, plaines, et les cours d'eau. Les attractions touristiques de la region sont port de Honfleur, la Tapisserie de Bayeux, ville natale de William le Conquérant à Falaise, la Basilique de Lisieux, jardin précieux et de Claude Monet à Giverny. Choses intéressantes à faire dans cette région sont visitez D-Day mémoriaux et cimetières, aller à la plage, et visiter les célèbres villages. Si vous êtes en Basse-Normandie au cours de la fin de l'automne / début de l'hiver, vous pouvez aller au Festival du hareng à Dieppe. Spécialités Basse-Normandie sont les aliments qui comprennent ingrediants de pâturages des vaches laitières et des bovins et des vergers de pommiers. Certains aliments principaux sont le fromage, cidre, fruits de mer, et les pommes (tartes et pâtisseries). Qui est des informations sur la région Basse-Normandie.
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Works Cited!
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lower_Normandy• http://www.lowernormandyhotels.francehotels.4k.com/Culture-lower-nor
mandy.php• http://www.french-property.com/regions/basse_normandie/history/• http://www.normandie-tourisme.fr/normandy-tourism/main-menu/thing
s-to-do/food-and-drinks/products-136-2.html• http://
travel.viamichelin.com/web/Culture/France-Normandy/Normandy_today-21st_Century
• http://www.french-property.com/regions/basse_normandie/geography/• http://www.french-property.com/regions/basse_normandie/tourism/• http://www.francekeys.com/english/regions/normandy_low.shtml• http://www.francetravelguide.com/normandy