Church of Notre-Dame-sur-l'Eau, Domfront

This 11th-12th century granite church stands at the foot of Domfront's medieval hill, beside the Varenne river near an ancient ford. Originally a Benedictine priory built around 1020 by Guillaume de Bellême, it became the only parish church in medieval Domfront and was frequented by the Dukes of Normandy. In 1162, Henry II Plantagenet had his daughter Aliénor baptized here—she later became the grandmother of Saint Louis.