Culture & Heritage | PIERREPONT FARM

The immediate environment

PIERREPONT attached is a hamlet in the village of’AMBLIE which comprises 250 people.

This picturesque village has many charms : old stones, narrow streets, the bridge of the sixteenth century, a splendid Gothic church (must climb sixty steps to reach…).

This town nestled in the middle of two valleys, the Thue and Seulles contrast with the landscape surrounding plain.

Pierrepont is 6 km from the landing beaches midway between Bayeux (15 km) and mud (15 km) and 20 mn of Ouistreham, « la porte vers l’Angleterre ». The village of CREULLY located 2 KM offers all the services and shops and an interesting historical heritage.

A little history…
The presence of the old man as evidenced by human traces dating back to antiquity. For several centuries, the territory is attached to the French nobility. The textile industry is developed in the nineteenth century. Water mills established along the Thue, still functioning until 1945, and treat textiles son but also the grain. After the First World War, Belgian farmers settled on the territory. Spared during the Second World War, although very close to the landing beaches, AMBLIE provides assistance to CAEN welcoming in a refugee center and wounded thousands of victims.

Places and monuments of the common AMBLIE

CHURCH The Romanesque nave dates from the twelfth century, the facade was rebuilt in the thirteenth century. Its portal is surrounded by a torus decorated with rings, unusual pattern that appears in very few places in France.	THE CASTLE OF THE FAMILY OF Achard Bonvouloir The castle Achard Family Bonvouloir nineteenth century belongs to the descendants of one of the companions of WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR during the Battle of Hastings. It is surrounded by a large park. During the Second World War, a camp to house the thousands of people injured and the city of Caen is located in the building. LE CHATEAU du lieu dit « LES PLANCHES » In the sixteenth century, the area belongs to the family of boards and through marriage to the bush Courson. This home is listed at Historic Monument in 1982.		FARM FORTIFIED Several typical farms with their courtyard, the oldest of the thirteenth century dovecote, stables, his bakery, the granary were revised in the nineteenth century.
FARM CASTLE « Ferme des Fiquet Vallerande » An architectural curiosity for our region because Maine Anjou style. A nice family will receive for selling their farm products.	MILLS Located on Route des Moulins, le village disposait au XIXème siècle d’une dizaine de moulins répartie sur la rivière « la Thue ». Today, mills are unfortunately without wheel. Le « Moulin de la Porte » qui possédait deux roues abrita durant le débarquement la cantine des Canadiens.	OLD BRIDGE PEDESTRIAN After the last mill Amblie, this bridge limestone CREULLY, dates from the sixteenth century and was restored.	PIERRE DE LA CARRIERE D'Orive In Merovingian, This career has been operating in the open. Cette pierre appelée « carreau d’Orival », more resistant than that of CAEN, was used in the construction of buildings such as CATHEDRAL Bayeux. Ce site est en cours de classement « site classé ».

Bessin Country
Pays d'Auge
Bocage Country
Suisse Normande

CREULLY, medieval castle FONTAINE-HENRY, chateau Renaissance	Bayeux, the famous tapestry of Queen Matilda the mansions and the typical market.	Abbaye aux Hommes in Caen
ST GABRIEL BRECY , Priory	CAEN Abbeys, Le Memorial de la Paix, the Normandy Museum, Museum of Fine Arts, The ducal castle, the Parc Floral de la Colline aux Oiseaux…	THE OLD ROMAN-, museums and archaeological sites
FONTAINE-HENRY Thee Renaissance castle	PORT-EN-BESSIN old fishing harbor built by Vauban.	ARROMANCHES, the museum of the landing, the remains of American artificial harbor pontoons.
THAON The‘ Norman Romanesque church of the twelfth nestled in the woods	THE LANDING BEACHES Omaha Beach, Gold Beach, Juno Beach, Sword Beach…	Colleville-sur-mer and moving American cemetery at Omaha Beach

CLIFF birthplace of WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR, The ducal castle, the automata museum	DEAUVILLE sumptuous resort, boards, the casino, horse racing	TOUQUES lovely village of Pays d'Auge
Honfleur Typical fishing port, the art galleries, Naturospace and the Pont de Normandie	BEUVRON-EN-EYE classified rural village with typical houses and mansions Norman	Cabourg posh seaside resort of Proust, the Channel villas, the casino, horse racing
VENDEUVRE The castle and the museum of miniature	Lisieux City of St. Therese, Carmel them, Basilica	TRANSFERS The Belfry, Museum of Popular Arts and Traditions
ST-SEVER The Abbey, Chapel of the Hermitage	Pontécoulant The castle of XVI	La Ferrière-HARANG and Viaduct Souleuvre