Discovery tour of Reviers

Order made by the potters of Reviers.

Imposing entrance door on a farmhouse prior to the Reviers castle.

Its primary purpose was to rinse the laundry after washing. It had an important social function as a meeting place for women, where they could gather and discuss. Rinsing the laundry collectively made the task less difficile and more bearable.

Charming place offrant a peaceful view of the Mue. In the past, the ladies of Bernières used to come here with wheelbarrows loaded with cloths and sheets, and after rinsing everything, they would dry it on the lawns.

Today there are 3 of them, were former wheat mills with 2 and for some of them 3 turns (water wheels). Fed by the Moult, the last mill to have been in activity is the Malposte.

Built in the 19th century, this castle was bought in 1875 by Albert Michel (oyster trader on Courseulles). Sold to a British man in 1918, the castle and its garden were embellished and were sold in 1957 to the town of Chesnay which then used the premises as a holiday camp. The town sold it in 1980. Today it is a private property. The association Tralal'air organizes many events and brings the castle back to life.

The large house on the left side of the castle is one of the former outbuildings of the castle. Built in the 19th century, it was used as a caretaker's lodge and as a shelter for horse-drawn carriages.

Street lined with old large limestone farmhouses from Creully. Some of them show numerous façade anchors.

The house with the green shutters is a house that has had many lives. Once a bus station where the Norman courier company used to stop, this house was also a butcher shop after the Second World War.

Seat of the town hall since 1996, this édifice was originally a hospice/hospital known as Le Chêne asylum. This asylum was built according to the will of Mr Le Chêne, a rich merchant in Paris who died without an heir. It was in operation until 1941, when the Feldgendarmerie requisitioned the premises. A watchtower overlooked the asylum during the Occupation.

This large field provides every winter a fabulous spectacle: the phenomenon of the white marshes. From November onwards, the abundance of winter rainfall causes the river Seulles to overflow its banks; the area then becomes an immense body of water, amirror where the light is reflected. It is a natural and profitable phenomenon since the riverbeds spread over the fields to fertilize them. The day after the D-Day landings, a military hospital was established there. In order to care for the wounded, the allies had developed an ingenious system to capture water from the River Seulles and brought it to the hospital. In order to protect this hospital from bombardment, many neighbouring houses had white sheets decorated with red crosses.

Directed by Serge Saint, self-taught artist. Tours of his monumental works are to be discovered: www.routes-serge-saint-sculpteur.net.

Built between the 12th and 13th centuries on the former hermitage of Saint-Vigor, this édifice was a dependency of the Abbey of Montebourg (50). At the beginning of the 18th century, it was used as a presbyteral house. Sold as national property during the Revolution, it was converted into a barn and is now private property. Many burials and sarcophagi were found around and under the chapel.

It housed a pottery workshop in the 1970s. You can still see the kiln chimney along the façade.

Built from the 13th to the 19th century. Many times reworked, some original elements still remain today; under the tower, placed to the west, a Romanesque door, then inside the nave, on the north side, Romanesque arcades which are carried on large cylindrical columns with Romanesque capitals.

That big house on your left used to be a cafe. During the war, the Germans had placed a cannon above it.

This washhouse was mainly used by the inhabitants of the Rue de la Cavée.