Bernay lies along the Charentonne River, amid the low, wooded hills of Normandy’s Pays d’Ouche. This former market town has a compact centre where half-timbered facades, lanes and small squares recall its long commercial life. The Abbey of Notre-Dame de Bernay, founded in 1013, is its signature monument: its church is among Normandy’s earliest major Romanesque buildings. The former abbatial residence houses the town’s Musée des Beaux-Arts. Beyond the centre, the Charentonne and surrounding farmland give Bernay a distinctly inland Norman character. Continue with other webcams from the area to see how this part of Normandy connects regionally.
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