Lying in the Pays de Caux region, this city was the objective of Operation Astonia, and its citizens renamed it after Jean-Paul Marat for two years during the Revolution.
This city features the Oscar Niemeyer-designed Volcan Cultural Center, and its post-war reconstruction by Auguste Perret, the teacher of Le Corbusier, made this city one of the few contemporary UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Lying in the Pays de Caux region, this city was the objective of Operation Astonia, and its citizens renamed it after Jean-Paul Marat for two years during the Revolution. This city was first named after Francis I, who founded it to replace the nearby ports of Honfleur and Harfleur. The setting for Monet's ► Impression, Sunrise, for 10 points, name this port city of Normandy at the mouth of the Seine.
This city features the Oscar Niemeyer-designed Volcan Cultural Center, and its post-war reconstruction by Auguste Perret, the teacher of Le Corbusier, made this city one of the few contemporary UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
Le Havre