Old anchor in Honfleur, France
Honfleur
Honfleur, a small Normandy resort town in the
Calvados Department in northwestern France, is located on the southern
bank of the estuary of the Seine River, south of Le Havre. It is
especially known for its old harbor, characterized by slate-covered
houses, painted many times by artists, viz, Gustave Courbet, Eugène Boudin,
Claude Monet and Johan Jongkind, forming the école de Honfleur (Honfleur
school) which contributed to the appearance of the Impressionist movement.
The Sainte-Catherine church, which has a bell-tower separate from the
principal building, is the largest church made out of wood in France.
It was from Honfleur in 1608 that Samuel de Champlain set
sail to launch a campaign that ended in the founding of Quebec.
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