Association de Sauvegarde du

CHATEAU DE GAVRAY

Gavray

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Some landmarks on Gavray (from the eleventh to the nineteenth century).

(Courtesy of Bernard Beck, author of GAVRAY-HAMBYE Histoire et Monuments d'un canton bas-normand (History and Monuments of a Canton of Bas-Normandy)

Summary

General :
- Geographical location
- Siena
- Linguistics

The forest of Gavray:
- history
- its exploitation- its security
- its clearing
- its sale

History of Gavray:
- Gallic and Roman antiquity
- the Middle Ages
- from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment: 16th, 17th and 18th centuries
- the Chouannerie
- the Chauffeurs
- the 19th century
- agricultural activity- industry
- the Saint Luc fair

The buildings of Gavray:
- Town Hall
- Church of the Holy Trinity
- The Bridge over the Siena

Writers from Gavray and its surroundings:


- Charles le Marquetel de Saint Denis de Saint-Evremond
- Alphonse Quinette
- Armand Lebailly
- Rémy de Gourmont
- Félix Hervy

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Some landmarks about Gavray (from the eleventh to the nineteenth century):

Gavray's writers :

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