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Sailors' Chapel - Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue
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Sailors' Chapel, Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue

Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue›Manche›Normandy›Northern France›France
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20min
20min
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One day in Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue

6 attractions · 7h 36min · transit route

Church of Saint-VaastSaint-Vaast-la-Hougue HarborTatihou Island
Estimated cost: €14 for 1 person

Tickets ~€14

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About Sailors' Chapel

The Sailors' Chapel is a Romanesque structure dating from the 11th-12th centuries, originally the parish church of Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue. Only the vaulted choir and circular apse remain after the nave was demolished in 1864 to make way for a cannon battery. The white-painted apse once served as a navigation landmark for fishermen returning to port.

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A Maltese cross carved on one of the northern buttresses recalls the nearby former Templar commandery of Valcanville, suggesting medieval connections between the chapel and the Knights Templar order that once operated in the Cotentin peninsula.

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One day in Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue
7h 36min

One day in Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue

Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue

CoastalHistoricalUNESCO Heritageand 2 more
Moderate
Car
Public Transit
€14.00

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