Longues Abbey

Longues-sur-Mer (French pronunciation: [lɔ̃ɡ syʁ mɛʁ] ) is a commune in the Calvados department in Normandie region in northwestern France. The Longues-sur-Mer battery is nearby, part of the Atlantic Wall coastal fortifications.

Vaux-sur-Aure (French pronunciation: [vo syʁ oʁ] , literally Vaux on Aure) is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. The Barons de Gratot (Argouges) resided at the Château de Gratot in Vaux-sur-Aure. According to the French Wikipedia a legend is that a Lord of Argouges met a Fairy woman who agreed to be his wife provided he never spoke the word "Mort" [death] which was considered profane language; however he spoke it and the Fairy vanished; this legend is associated with both Château de Gratot and the Château de Argouges at Argouges.

Commes (French pronunciation: [kɔm] ) is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France.

The Château de Magny-en-Bessin (Castle of Magny-en-Bessin) is a classical-style French château located in the commune of Magny-en-Bessin, in the Calvados department. The estate belonged at the end of the 17th century to a prominent figure, Nicolas-Joseph Foucault, and gradually expanded to cover three-quarters of the current commune by the end of the century. The château was built in the 18th century on older foundations that cannot be precisely dated due to the current state of knowledge, and no visible elevations of the original structure remain. The château changed owners at the beginning of the 19th century but experienced a period of stability and local prominence. A new sale brought particularly brutal mutilations immediately after the end of World War II. It was listed as a historic monument by decree on 31 May 1946. Transformed into a textile factory for a quarter of a century and then abandoned starting in the 1970s, it was partially destroyed by two successive fires in March 2016. The château was selected by Stéphane Bern, head of the Mission for the Identification and Preservation of Endangered Heritage (Mission d'identification et de sauvegarde du patrimoine en péril), to receive emergency financial aid from the heritage lottery twice, during the draws on 15 and 16 September 2018, on the occasion of European Heritage Days, and again in 2021. At the end of the first quarter of the 21st century, the preservation of the building is uncertain, but the establishment of an active association offers hope that restoration work will take place.

Magny-en-Bessin (French pronunciation: [maɲi ɑ̃ bɛsɛ̃] , literally Magny in Bessin) is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France.

Manvieux (French pronunciation: [mɑ̃vjø] ) is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France.

Sully (French pronunciation: [syli] ) is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France.

The Jardin botanique de Bayeux (2.6 hectares), also called the Jardin public de Bayeux, is a botanical garden and municipal park located at 53, route de Port-en-Bessin, Bayeux, Calvados, Normandy, France. It is open daily without charge. The garden site was formerly a meadow, bequeathed in 1851 by Charlemagne Jean-Delamare (1772–1858) as a garden for teaching horticulture, landscaped by Eugène Bühler (1822–1907), and in 1864 opened to the public. Many specimens planted from 1859 to 1864 remain. The most notable among its roughly 400 mature trees is a weeping European Beech that in 1932 was named a natural monument and in 2000 a remarkable tree of France.

Saint-Vigor-le-Grand (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ viɡɔʁ lə ɡʁɑ̃] ) is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France.

Château de Bayeux was a castle in Bayeux, Normandy, France.

Bayeux (French pronunciation: [bajø]) is a commune in the Calvados department in Normandy in northwestern France. Bayeux is the home of the Bayeux Tapestry, which depicts the events leading up to the Norman conquest of England. It is also known as the first major town secured by the Allies during Operation Overlord. Charles de Gaulle made two famous speeches in this town.

Saint-Vigor Priory, formerly Saint-Vigor Abbey (French: Prieuré Saint-Vigor; Abbaye Saint-Vigor-le-Grand), was a Benedictine monastery in the town of Saint-Vigor-le-Grand in Calvados, Normandy, France. Its foundation is attributed to Saint Vigor, bishop of Bayeux in the first third of the 6th century. It was destroyed in the late 10th century by the invading Normans. In the late 11th century Odo, bishop of Bayeux, attempted a revival of the monastery as an independent abbey but it was not successful, and in the 1090s the community was made a dependent priory of the Abbey of St. Benignus, Dijon. The abbey relinquished its rights over the priory in 1702. The reformist Congregation of St. Maur took it on in 1712. It was suppressed in 1790 in the French Revolution.It has been listed as a historical monument since 1908.