Cathedrale Notre-Dame du Havre, Le Havre, Normandy, France

Le Havre Cathedral, or Cathedrale Notre-Dame du Havre, built in the 16th and 17th centuries and made cathedral in 1974, on the Rue de Paris in Le Havre, Normandy, France. The facade is Baroque in style and the bell tower dates to 1520. This is one of the few buildings in the town to survive the bombings during the Second World War, although it did sustain heavy damage. Either side are apartment blocks designed by Auguste Perret, 1874-1954, who led the reconstruction of Le Havre in the 1950s. This is the oldest street in Le Havre and was based on the Rue de Rivoli in Paris, with grand apartment blocks with shops on the ground floor and colonnades along the pavements. The centre of Le Havre is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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13435305

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45141058

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7087px x 4724px (8.2MB)

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Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans

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Photograph by Manuel Cohen