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Le Normandie

Le Normandie. Tara Keller. L’histoire. Pre-Historic times 3 rd , 4 th centuries, BC and AD 13th century to 17th century 18th and 19th centuries World War II. Pre-Historic times. Archaeological finds: Cave paintings Some of earliest Remains. 3 rd , 4 th centuries BC and AD.

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Le Normandie

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  1. Le Normandie Tara Keller

  2. L’histoire • Pre-Historic times • 3rd, 4th centuries, BC and AD • 13th century to 17th century • 18th and 19th centuries • World War II

  3. Pre-Historic times • Archaeological finds: • Cave paintings • Some of earliest Remains

  4. 3rd, 4th centuries BC and AD • Gauls invaded Normandie • Julius Caesar invaded Gaul, 9 different tribes • “Romanization” • 3rd century AD- Vikings invaded Seine Valley • Name from vikings- “northmen” • Taken over by Germany

  5. 13th to 17th centuries • 1204-1259- English possession • Hundred-Years War • Occupied by British forces • Back and forth between England and France

  6. 18th, 19th centuries • industries introduced and developed: • Weaving • Metallurgy • sugar refining • Ceramics • shipbuilding • 19th century • First beach resorts open

  7. World War II • D-Day invasion of Normandie beaches

  8. La culture • Painting • Architecture • Religion • Culinary

  9. Painting • Attracted many artists • Monet • Picasso • Renoir • Many styles • Romanticism • Impressionism

  10. Monet’s Rouen Cathedrals

  11. Architecture • Rich variety: • Roman • Germanic • Norman

  12. Religion • Currently no established church • Separated church and state • Previous influences • Anglican Church • Celtic Christianity • Catholicism • No singular patron saint

  13. Saints Revered in Normandy • Aubert • Founder of Mont Saint-Michel • Joan of Arc (Jeanne d’Arc) • Major hero of Hundred-Years War • Martyred in Rouen

  14. Les villes/les villages fameux • Giverny • Rouen • Bayeux

  15. Giverny • Small town • Claude Monet lived and died here

  16. Rouen • Major city • Seat of the Exchequer in Middle Ages • Joan of Arc was burnt at stake here (under English control)

  17. Rouen Cites to See • Place du Vieux Marché • Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen • Rouen Notre Dame Cathedral • Struck by lightning several times, interrupted building • Burials: • Richard the Lionhearted’s heart

  18. Rouen in Culture • The character Erik born “in a small town not far from Rouen” • Call of Duty 3 features map set in Rouen

  19. Bayeux • Major city • Bayeux Tapestry • City involved in wars • Hundred Years’ War • General Charles de Gaulle

  20. Bayeux Tapestry • 70 metres, 230 ft • Musée de la Tapisserie de Bayeux • embroidery

  21. La Gastonomie • Cuisine based around three main products of region • Seafood • apples • Dairy products

  22. AOC • Appellation d’origine Contrôlée • "controlled designation of origin“ • French certification granted to French geographical indications • Wines • Cheese • Butters • agricultural products

  23. Cheeses • Normandie-originated cheeses: • Camembert • Livarot • Pont l'Évêque • Brillat-Savarin • Neufchâtel • Petit Suisse

  24. Camembert • soft, creamy, surface-ripened cow's milk cheese • First made in the late 18th century in Le Normandie

  25. Livarot • soft, pungent, washed rind cheese made from cow's milk • Washed-rind- repeatedly wiped with, brushed with, dunked in a liquid such as saltwater, brine, or an alcohol

  26. Pont l'Évêque • Probably oldest Norman cheese still in production • uncooked, unpressed cow's-milk cheese • Washed rind, Norman origins

  27. Brillat-Savarin • soft, white-crusted cow's milk triple cream Brie • Creamy and faintly sour • named after 18th century French gourmet and political figure Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin. • created in the 1930s

  28. Neufchâtel • soft, slightly crumbly, mould-ripened cheese • aroma and taste of mushrooms • One of oldest cheeses in France

  29. Petit Suisse • “Little Swiss” • unripened, unsalted, smooth creamy cheese

  30. Apples • Used to make • Ciders and drinks • Deserts and pastries

  31. Calvados • Popular apple brandy from Normandie apples • trou normand – inbetween courses to partake a glass • distilled from specially grown and selected apples • over 200 named varieties

  32. Bourdelot • apples baked in pastry • localities all over have their own variation

  33. Seafood • Mussels • Scallops • Lobsters • mackerel • oysters

  34. Les endroits à visiter • Normandy Beaches • Pont de Normandie • Mont Saint Michel

  35. Normandy Beaches • Code names from WWII: • Sword Beach • Juno Beach • Gold Beach • Omaha Beach • Utah Beach • Still called by code names

  36. Sword Beach • Invaded by British • Sixth British Airborne parachuted • Ouistreham to Luc-sur-Mer • Museums: • Musée de la Batterie de Merville • Ranville War Cemetery Map

  37. Juno Beach • Invaded by Canadians • Includes towns of St. Aubin-sur-Mer, Bernières-sur-Mer, Courseulles-sur-Mer • Strongest Defense • Museums: • Site de Courseulles-sur-Mer • Centre Juno Beach Map

  38. Gold Beach • Invaded by British • 5 miles wide • Museums • Arromanches (Not really a museum) • Musée Memorial de la Bataille de Normandie Map

  39. Omaha Beach • Invaded by U.S.A. • No cover, strewn with dead • Museums: • Musée Memorial d’Omaha Beach • Musée D-Day Omaha Map

  40. Utah Beach • Invaded by U.S.A. • Accidentally landed south, not as well defended • Objective- cut peninsula in half, take Cherbourg • Museums: • Memorial de la Liberte Retrouvee • Many monuments Map

  41. Pont de Normandie • cable-stayed road bridge spans river Seine • More than 19,000 tons of steel used, 184 cables were used • Longest cable-stayed at time

  42. Les fêtes • Fetes Jeanne d’Arc • May 27th and 28th Rouen • June 17th and 18th Les Andelys • Medieval Festival • Bayeux July 1st and 2nd • Crevecouer-second week of July • mid October to end of November, Autumn Festival in several cities of region

  43. La Fin! • Merci beaucoup pour votre attentions!

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