Hambye
Hambye
Travel guide and tourist information
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Travel Guide > Towns > Lower Normandy > Manche > Hambye| GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION | CLOSEST TOWNS | |||
| Town | Hambye | Le Guislain at 5 km (5 min) | ||
| Insee code | 50228 | Maupertuis at 5.2 km (5 min) | ||
| Postcode | 50450 | Sourdeval-les-Bois at 5.5 km (6 min) | ||
| Latitude | 48.9498800 | Saint-Martin-de-Cenilly at 5.7 km (6 min) | ||
| Longitude | -1.2641300 | Percy at 7.2 km (9 min) | ||
| Altitude | From 47 to 166 meters | La Baleine at 7.6 km (7 min) | ||
| Surface | 29.57 km² | Grimesnil at 7.6 km (8 min) | ||
| Population | 1171 inhabitants | Roncey at 7.6 km (8 min) | ||
| Density | 39 inhabitants/km² | Villebaudon at 7.7 km (7 min) | ||
| Chief town | Saint-Lô (at 28 km, 29 min) | Notre-Dame-de-Cenilly at 8.1 km (8 min) | ||
| Department | Manche | Montaigu-les-Bois at 8.2 km (9 min) | ||
| Region | Lower Normandy | Search another town | ||
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- The Abbey Hambye:
- From this convent complex, the most complete Lower Normandy after the Mont-Saint-Michel, much has been saved and restored. The abbey church, open ranges between Romanesque and Gothic. While the monks' refectory and cloister have disappeared, however, an exceptional series of rooms remains today: the chapter house, sacristy, the parlor (room of the dead) and its frescoes, the scriptorium??
- The first floor of the conversation has a permanent exhibit entitled "From prayer to the fields, the economic life of a medieval abbey. How can prayer and retreat from the world with the material necessities and an anchor in the world?"
- The farm buildings adjacent to the dwelling house of monks, meanwhile, a rare folk art collection of 19th century paintings by Hambye, entirely painted by hand on black or red, adorned the beds in alcoves Norman interiors.
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| Monuments | Abbey of Hambye |
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