Too Square to be Hip
A narcissist's guide to travel and culture
A Brief Layout and Description Courseulles is a small town of a few thousand people. It lies on the shore of the English Channel and is built into the west bank of the Seulles river. On the east bank of the river is a large sandbar where the German army was positioned on D-Day. As …
History This post will focus primarily on the history of Caen during both the Medieval Ages and the Second World War, the two most interesting periods in the city’s history. As such a brief history section has been provided for your convenience. Medieval Ages Caen was originally an unimportant Gallo-Roman settlement called Catumagos. The small …
History The city of Rouen was founded by Gaulic tribes. Along with the rest of Gaul, Rouen was invaded by Rome. The Romans renamed the city Rotomagus and it briefly became the second city of Roman Gaul after the city of Lugdunum (Lyon). After the fall of Roman Gaul to barbarian tribes, Rouen became the …
History of St. Denis Who is St Denis? You cannot understand the history of St. Denis, without understanding the story of the martyred saint that gave the city its name. In Gallo-Roman times there was a preacher in Lutetia (Paris) by the name of Dionysius in Greko-Roman. That name can be translated in french to …
