The quarterly review Norman Heritage covers all aspects of Norman heritage: monuments, history, literature, gardens, Norman dialects, craft traditions , Norman cuisine…
The Norman Conquest of Southern Italy and Sicily
© Pixelfehler – Fondation de la Lucerne d’Outremer – DAO Patrimoine Normand
In a distant time, the Italians saw the Normans land ! 1000 years ago, they left the Channel and went to found a new kingdom upon arriving in the Gulf of Salerno. This conquest is fundamentally different from that undertaken in England : this time it is about small groups arriving over the years and who had to find a place for themselves in the middle of local peoples not speaking their language.
Iconic places
Jean-Luc Pechinot
This new issue of Heritage will take you through emblematic places of the region: the hall of St Pierre en Auge – pride of the Petruvians – where takes place their market; a detour will also be made by thein the town of Argentan to evoke its history and Art since she saw the birth of two pioneers of Cubism and Art Deco.
The history of cider in Normandy
Damien Bouet
Iconic product of our territory, the apple has been part of the Normandy landscape for a long time. What if cider is no longer consumed as much as 20 years ago, Normandy remains the first cider-growing region from France: 65% of French production ! Norman Heritage takes you back to the exciting story of this product!
The reconstruction of William the Conqueror's ship
Honfleur Photo Club
An association with Honfleur embarked on a crazy project: rebuild the boat The Mora! This is the ship of William the Conqueror during his expedition to England. The challenge is significant since there is no no trace of this boat.
Also in this issue
The portrait of Roger Youngthe history of city of Caen, St Wandrille Abbey and many other files to leaf through !
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