Museum for Peace in France, the Caen Memorial

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Museum for Peace in France, the Caen Memorial - In the famous region of Normandy, in France, is the city of Caen. In the French capital is about 238 km from Paris and historically used to be a mid-eleventh century one of the favorite residences of William the Conqueror. With so many centuries on their shoulders the historical legacy of Caen is wonderful and it lacks the historical, old abbeys and churches that have been saved by a miracle of the atrocious way the Second World War that killed thousands of buildings here. Readmore Nantes recreates the monsters dreamed up by Jules Verne


This museum in France has the second world war and is called the Caen Memorial, a museum for Peace. It is a museum dedicated to this emblematic conflict in France and worth traveling to relive the history of the Axis and the Allies. It was built in part of an old bunker near Pegasus Bridge and about 15 minutes from the beaches where happened the famous D-Day landings The museum has a library, a playground, a bookstore, cafe and much more and the ceiling hangs a higher Hawker Typhoon of '41 that belonged to the RAF. There are bunkers models from different fields of battle, planes, a memory of the Holocaust and the French resistance and many video presentations.

A new section of the museum was dedicated to the Cold War, the attack of September 11, the Fall of the Berlin Wall and atomic bombs is a very entertaining tour with a historic high, not just the main collection dedicated to the Second World War. You can also find on the part of the old bunker movements for world peace with a gallery dedicated to helping men and have been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize and also can tour a number of gardens that are reminiscent of the Allied forces. There is also an American or a Garden Garden British, for example.

To find the beaches of Normandy where the Allies stepped and began to put an end to war, it is recommended to get on one of the minibuses.

Practical information about the Memorial de Caen

Location. Caen, France
Hours: open daily from 9am to 7pm in summer and closes at 8pm.
Price: 16 € per adult.

Source: sobreturismo.es

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