The Medieval Heritage tourist route offers you a road trip around twelve civil, military and religious monuments whose construction periods date back to the skype data Anglo-Norman period of the Duchy of Normandy between the 10th and 13th centuries (911-1204). The journey begins indifferently in Honfleur or Bernay and crosses the Risle-Estuaire and Risle-Charentonne regions over a distance of approximately 90 kilometers.
A true common thread along a large part of the route, the Risle, a river flowing into the estuary, was the scene of many feats of arms and an intense commercial life from the beginning of the invasion of ancient Neustria by the Vikings who gave their name to Normandy (land of the men of the north). It was also used to transport the materials needed to build the Drakkars used by the Normans during the conquest of England in 1066. Forming the second defensive curtain of Normandy in the last years of the duchy, before its annexation to the kingdom of France in 1204, the castles of the Risle were integrated into the defensive system established by John Lackland (1166-1216).
Along the route, we invite you to discover authentic monuments, abbeys, castles, residences, registered or classified as MH and most of which have not been subject to transformations over the centuries. Héritage Médiéval is not limited to promoting a set of historical sites. The structure associates the strong entity of this territory through its key historical figures, initiators of most of the monuments, holders of power and radiating over vast territories during the ducal period. We find the Beaumont-Meulan whose areas of influence extended from Pont-Audemer to Beaumont le Roger, the Montfort who participated in the conquest of England and whose influence, except for Montfort, was in Lieuvin and Roumois. We also find Judith of Brittany, the Harcourts, the Bertran de Roncheville and Duke William himself who held the siege of Brionne in the 11th century.