Discovery tour of Langrune-sur-Mer

North breach called "fishermen's hold".

At the corner of Avenue de la Libération and Rue de la Mer, on your right, a plaque pays tribute to three soldiers of the 48th Royal Marine Commando who fell for the liberation of 6 June 1944. This commando led by Lieutenant-Colonel Moulton delivered Langrune-sur-Mer, after heavy fighting to dislodge the defenders from each house and other positions fortified by the Germans. The village was liberated on June 7, 1944 at around 3:30 pm.

On Avenue de la Libération, the railway line from Caen to the sea, from Caen Saint-Martin to Courseulles, used to extend. Langrune station was opened in 1876. From 1900 onwards, it was equipped with a third rail for the narrow gauge railway that came from Caen via Ouistreham and joined the normal gauge line from Luc in the direction of Courseulles, then Bayeux. The line was closed in 1950, competing with automotive development. The station hotel, for its part, continued to exist until the 1990s.

12th and 13th century church, its construction shows different architectural influences ranging from Romanesque to the height of Gothic architecture. It houses the relics of the Roman martyr Saint Helidor as well as a reproduction of the Florentine painter Giovanni Antonio Sogliani’s painting The Madonna and Child with Saint John the Baptist. Free guided tours in French of the church and the seaside resort. Thursday at 2:30 p.m. all summer. Without reservation

This fountain is a 19th century replica of a famous statue of Germain Pilon. The original, kept at the Louvre Museum in Paris, is made of marble and was commissioned by Catherine de Médicis in 1561 to receive the heart of Henri II. The fountain was exposed for a long time on boulevard Leclerc, formerly Saint-Pierre, in Caen.

In the 1st and 2nd centuries, the region was heavily populated and exploited. Two Roman roads were therefore built. The one passing through Langrune followed the coast and had a military vocation. Traces of Roman camps at Saint-Aubin have also been found on the Cap Romain site. The section of the Roman road that crosses the municipality corresponds to a section of the route of the ridge road, about one kilometre from the coast. It reached Bayeux-Lillebonne and was one of the most important roads in the region for crossing the Orne at Benouville.