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Saint-Pierre-du-Bu Destination Guide

Touring Saint-Pierre-du-Bu in France

Saint-Pierre-du-Bu in the region of Basse-Normandie with its 432 citizens is a city located in France - some 117 mi or ( 188 km ) West of Paris , the country's capital city .

Interactive map of Saint-Pierre-du-Bu

Time in Saint-Pierre-du-Bu is now 10:58 PM (Thursday) . The local timezone is named " Europe/Paris " with a UTC offset of 1 hours. Depending on your travel resources, these more prominent places might be interesting for you: London, Cambridge, Bristol, Birmingham, and Vignats. Being here already, consider visiting London . We collected some hobby film on the internet . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Check out our recommendations for Saint-Pierre-du-Bu ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

Destruction du château d'eau à Falaise route de Putanges.

0:51 min by nimapoggy
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Ils ne le font même pas à la dynamite ! décevant... ..

Chateau de Falaise : William the Conqueror's Normandy Castle

3:40 min by Phil in Normandy
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Château de Falaise, the castle in Falaise, Normandy (France) where William the Conquerer was born . visitnormandy.wordpress.com ..


Joan of Arc to William the Conqueror Everardt's photos around Falaise, France (basse-normandie)

2:38 min by TripAdvisorTRIPWOWu
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Preview of Everardt's blog at TravelPod. Read the full blog here: www.travelpod.com This blog preview was made by TravelPod using the TripAdvisor™ TripWow slideshow creator. Learn more about these vid ..

FALAISE-NORMANDIA.mpg

5:48 min by Marina Brivio
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Visita a Falaise (bassa Normandia),la citta' che diede i natali a Guglielmo il conquistatore nel 1027. ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Operation Tractable

Operation Tractable was the final offensive conducted by Canadian and Polish Army troops, supported by one brigade of British tanks, as part of the Battle of Normandy. The goal of this operation was to capture the strategically important French town of Falaise, and following that, the smaller towns of Trun and Chambois.

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Located at 48.89 -0.19 (Lat./Long.); Less than 3 km away
Tags: 1944 in France, Battles and operations of World War II involving Poland, Battles of World War II involving Canada, Conflicts in 1944, Military operations of World War II involving Germany, Operation Overlord

Falaise pocket

The battle of the Falaise Pocket, fought during the Second World War from 12–21 August 1944, was the decisive engagement of the Battle of Normandy. Taking its name from the pocket around the town of Falaise within which Army Group B, consisting of the German Seventh and Fifth Panzer Armies became encircled by the advancing Western Allies, the battle is also referred to as the Falaise Gap after the corridor which the Germans sought to maintain to allow their escape.

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Located at 48.89 -0.19 (Lat./Long.); Less than 3 km away
Tags: Battles and operations of World War II involving Poland, Battles of World War II involving Canada, Battles of World War II involving France, Battles of World War II involving the United Kingdom, Battles of World War II involving the United States, Military operations of World War II involving Germany, Operation Overlord

Gare de Falaise

Falaise was a railway station in the French town of Falaise, Calvados. The station was built by the CF de l'Ouest in pure Ouest architecture, and opened on 1 November 1859. It saw the arrival of a line from Flers on 15 April 1874 and from Falaise-Château by the Calvados railway in 1904 (0.6m). The main line to Caen closed on 1 July 1953 and the branch line from Berjou on 1 March 1938. at the birth of the SNCF. The narrow gauge line closed in 1932.

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Located at 48.90 -0.19 (Lat./Long.); Less than 4 km away
Tags: 1859 establishments in France, Defunct railway stations in Lower Normandy, Railway stations closed in 1953, Railway stations opened in 1859, Région Ouest

Rouvre

The Rouvre is a river in Lower Normandy, in the Orne département, a tributary of the Orne. The river's source is in the commune of Beauvain, a few kilometres to the east of La Ferté-Macé. After crossing the Pays d'Houlme, it turns in a north-westerly direction to re-enter the Swiss Normandy, and then in its last 15 kilometres passes around Bréel. The Rouvre then flows into the Orne between the dam at Saint-Philbert-sur-Orne and Pont-d'Ouilly, and joins the Orne at Rouvrou (elevation 63 metres).

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Located at 48.85 -0.38 (Lat./Long.); Less than 12 km away
Tags: Rivers of Normandy

Château de Vendeuvre

The Château de Vendeuvre is situated in the commune of Vendeuvre, near to Lisieux in Normandy. Classed as a Historic Monument both for its exterior and interior, Vendeuvre is a prototypical aristocratic Norman country house. It was opened to the public in 1983.

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Located at 48.99 -0.08 (Lat./Long.); Less than 17 km away
Tags: Châteaux in Calvados, Gardens in Calvados, Historic house museums in Lower Normandy, Museums in Calvados, Official historical monuments of France