Why go to Le Havre?
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Why go to Le Havre?
Any guide book will give Le Havre short shrift, since, after all, it was bombed to dust in 1944 by the Allies. It was replaced after the war by a city built totally from concrete. Who could want to see such a place? So ugly! There are so many other things to see in Normandy.
And yet, in 2005, it was declared a UNESCO World Heritage site.
I went there today, and this is what I saw: http://tinyurl.com/yb8fl73
And yet, in 2005, it was declared a UNESCO World Heritage site.
I went there today, and this is what I saw: http://tinyurl.com/yb8fl73
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As a small boy I spent many a long week in Le Havre and the views of the concrete centre brings it all back, I can almost smell the pong in those walk ways. Still the towering church looks great.
Le Havre has some museums now Malraux for example http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mus%C3%A9e_Malraux
Le Havre has some museums now Malraux for example http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mus%C3%A9e_Malraux
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