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Sainte-Mère-l'Église – Sainte-Mère-Église Church loop from Le Grand Hameau des Dunes

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Sainte-Mère-l'Église – Sainte-Mère-Église Church loop from Le Grand Hameau des Dunes

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Sainte-Mère-l'Église – Sainte-Mère-Église Church loop from Le Grand Hameau des Dunes

01:24

24.5km

80m

Cycling

Easy bike ride. Great for any fitness level. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: May 8, 2026

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Parc naturel régional des Marais du Cotentin et du Bessin

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312 m

Black Madonna of Ravenoville

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It is in Auvergne and in the South of France that we find a concentration of these statues of the Black Madonna, which belong to the iconography of the Middle Ages. That of Ravenoville beach is one of the few that can be found in Normandy. Their origin still defies knowledge. Whatever the past from which they come, these black Virgins go beyond the Christian symbolism and will cause a lot of concern to the Church, which will seek to put them out of the circuit. It is not known at what time that of Ravenoville beach was erected, but in the account of the battle between the English and the revolutionary army, for the Saint-Marcouf islands, there is mentioned a black Madonna and child. ouest-france.fr/normandie/sainte-mere-eglise-50480/la-vierge-noire-l-une-des-rares-en-normandie-5171077

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426 m

Beach Cabins of Parc naturel régional des Marais du Cotentin et du Bessin

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Nice photo opportunity

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2.08 km

Peace bunker Stp 12 - Saint-Hubert

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"Who changes children changes the world."

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8.81 km

101 Airborn Division Memorial

Highlight • Monument

After crossing the Channel, the plane is in the Cotentin sky, but before the men have time to jump, the plane is hit by the flak. The aircraft crashes in a field near the village of Beuzeville-au-Plain, killing all of its occupants. After extinguishing the fire, the inhabitants of the village bury the remains of the American soldiers in a cemetery in Sainte-Mère-Église. On March 27, 1951, the body of Thomas Meehan was exhumed and transferred to the United States where he was reburied at the Jefferson Barracks Military Post National Cemetery in Lemay, Missouri.

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12.2 km

Temporary Cemetery No. 1

Highlight • Historical Site

Managing the Dead is also part of War. And in Normandy each Army took care of its Dead in its own way. But if we currently know the large war cemeteries which dot all of Normandy, we little remember that before the dead were buried in temporary cemeteries, this is particularly the case for the Americans, the English burying theirs where they fell. , this explaining the large number of British cemeteries - 16 - in Normandy still today.
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Sainte-Mère-l'Église

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The original church dating from the 11th to 13th centuries was largely destroyed during WWII when it was bombed to repel German snipers who had entrenched themselves in the steeple. The modern stained glass window of the portal represents the air landing of American troops. The mannequin hanging from the end of his parachute hanging from the church spire recalls the tragic adventure of Private Steele, who was dropped on the night of June 6. For two hours, he pretended to be dead, while the alarm bells kept ringing below him.

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12.6 km

Airborne Museum

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Museums on the US airborne impact on the D-Day liberation invasion of 1944

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Sainte-Mère-Église Church

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During the night of June 5, 1944. A fire raged in this village. Everyone helps put out the fire. The light of the fire was then interpreted by an American plane pilot as being a sign that these passengers had been released. American paratroopers land by mistake in the town.

One of the paratroopers is carried by his parachute onto the church tower where he remains hanging for hours, while the fighting rages below him. This is one of the most incongruous stories of the landing of June 6, 1944. You discover this in this town that has become legendary for history buffs.

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24.5 km

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Way Types & Surfaces

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23.1 km

1.02 km

225 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

23.0 km

1.09 km

225 m

< 100 m

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Thursday 25 June

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Sainte-Mère-l'Église – Sainte-Mère-Église Church loop from Le Grand Hameau des Dunes

Black Madonna of Ravenoville

Beach Cabins of Parc naturel régional des Marais du Cotentin et du Bessin

Peace bunker Stp 12 - Saint-Hubert

101 Airborn Division Memorial

Temporary Cemetery No. 1

Sainte-Mère-l'Église

Airborne Museum

Sainte-Mère-Église Church

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