Divine-on-Sea

Divine-on-Sea is a common French, located in the department of the Calvados and the area Basse-Normandie.

Geography

The estuary the Divine ones, bordering the commune, is arranged in Marina (" Port-Guillaume"), which forms with him only a district of Divine-on-Sea.

History

It is wearing of Divine-on-Sea which William the Conqueror installed, with its fleet, to conquer England with the Bataille of Hastings, in 1066.

A commemorative plaque with the list of the names of the companions of William the Conqueror is affixed inside the church, above the principal main doors.

It with is noted that many monuments, of this time are still present within the commune.

Moreover the history the Divine ones on sea is also marked by the presence on the commune of the factory TREFIMETAUX which will yield its place well later to the marina " Guillaume" port;.

Administration

Demography

Places and monuments

  • the “Village of William the Conqueror”
It is at the 17th century a relay of the post office to the horses of Rouen to Caen. From this time there remain visible vestiges on some parts of building in the court Louis XIV.

Architecture is typical inn Norman with his vast kitchen, its interior court and its external galleries to reach the rooms. It was called formerly “the Inn of the Royal Sword” and during times of many celebrities remained there: Louis XIV, which would have come to take water of Grangues, as well as the Duchesse of Chaulnes and Madam de Sévigné, Alphonse Karr, Alexandre Dumas, Raymond Poincaré President of the Republic…

With the appearance, at the end of the 19th century, fashion of the sea bathings, rich customers settle on the “Coast Flowered” in order to benefit from the beaches between Cabourg and Honfleur. The inn will know its time of splendor thanks to Mr Remois, the landlord who, by his talent ensures the establishment an exceptional reputation. Many will be the artistic, literary celebrities or policies who, with the Belle Time, remained in this residence.

Art lover, Remois transforms this simple inn and makes decorate the Norman buildings with half-timberings of woodcarvings of Médiéval style or Renaissance. He acquires and installs in the three courses of authentic statues, busts and vases of the 17th century and 18th century. L'Hostellerie William the Conqueror became the Village of William the Conqueror today and changed little by little to accommodate artists, craftsmen and antique dealers.

  • markets of the 14th century
  • the church of the Middle Ages

Personalities related to the commune

It is port of Divine-on-sea that in 1066, William the Conqueror, then known as the bastard one, left for England. Its victory with the Bataille of Hastings will give him the crown of England (which returned to him from right).

Events

Each summer, the festival of the puppet.

See too

External bonds

  • Site of the commune of Divine on Sea
  • Divine-on-Sea on the site of the national geographical Institute
  • Divine-on-Sea on the site of INSEE
  • Divine-on-Sea on the site of Quid
  • Localization of Divine-on-Sea on a chart of France and communes bordering
  • Plane on Divine-on-Sea on Mapquest

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