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La Cité de la Mer
The creation of La Cité de la Mer in Cherbourg is the result of the will to explain and share human adventure
under the sea, by illustrating through the history of the town and its traditions, the construction of submarines
and the scientific saga associated with it. The decommissioning of The Redoutable and the necessity of saving the
old transatlantic terminal were two major reasons that contributed to the birth of La Cité de la Mer.
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Office de Tourisme de Rouen, Normandie
Halfway between Paris and the Channel, the city of Rouen has grown and prospered in a remarkable natural site.
Located on a meander of the Seine, surrounded by forests and by chalky cliffs carved over the centuries by the
river, Rouen's unique setting has inspired many painters and writers.
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Louvre
The "Grand Louvre" is a part of the "Grand Travaux" or Major Works defined by the President of the Republic François Mitterrand,
which also includes the new Bibliothèque Nationale de France, the Opéra Bastille and the Grande Arche de la Défense.
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Dieppe, A Town of Discovery
Dieppe is today a busy town of 35.000 population, the third largest in the region of Upper Normandy. It is steeped in
history, much of it connected with the English-speaking world in good times and bad. The name of the town derives from
the Viking word "djupa", meaning "deep" : the Viking explorers found on this stretch of coast the draught they needed to
beach their boats. This was the origin of what was to become in the 11th Century William the Conqueror's base for his
conquest of England, and in the 16th Century the principal port of the Kingdom of France.
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