Château des Ravalet, Tourlaville

Name: Château des Ravalet
Address: Avenue de Château des Ravalet, Tourlaville, Tourlaville, France

#1 among attractions in Tourlaville

Top attraction, Forts and castles

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The Château des Ravalet, also known as Château de Tourlaville, is a sixteenth-century residence, remodeled in 1859 by Viscount de Tocqueville, which stands on the delegated municipality of Tourlaville within the new municipality of Cherbourg-en-Cotentin in the department of Manche, in the Normandy region. It is known to have served as a setting for the forbidden love of Julien and Marguerite de Ravalet.

The castle was classified as a historical monument by order of March 4, 1996. The site, and more broadly the Trottebec valley, covering an area of 1,400 hectares, is a "listed natural site" by order of April 15, 1983.

Alternative names: Architectural style: RenaissanceCoordinates: 49°37'47"N, 1°33'60"W

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Day trips

Château des Ravalet – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Cité de la Mer, Musée Thomas-Henry, Le Trident, Cherbourg Harbour.

2.5 miNW
Museum, Theme park, Aquarium
Cité de la Mer, Cherbourg-en-Cotentin
65 min walk • The Cité de la Mer is a maritime museum in Cherbourg, France. The museum is in the cruise terminal of Cherbourg. This monument was built in 1933; it is one of the bigger art-deco monuments of today.
2.6 miW
Museum, Art museum
Musée Thomas-Henry, Cherbourg-en-Cotentin
66 min walk • The Musée des beaux-arts Thomas Henry is a museum at Cherbourg-en-Cotentin with around 300 artworks, mainly paintings from the 15th to 19th centuries. It has been rated as the third most important collection in Normandy.
2.6 miW
Concerts and shows, Theater
Le Trident, Cherbourg-en-Cotentin
66 min walk • Le Trident is a group of three theatres in the city of Cherbourg-Octeville, within the Manche department of Normandy, in northern France. The theatres were made a 'scène nationale' on 14 October 2002, after the merger of the Théâtre de Cherbourg-Scène Nationale and the Théâtre de la Butte-CCPO.
3.5 miNW
Harbor
Cherbourg Harbour, Cherbourg-en-Cotentin
91 min walk • Cherbourg Harbour, is a harbour situated at the northern end of the Cotentin Peninsula, on the English Channel coastline, in Normandy, northwestern France. With a surface area of 1,500 hectares, it is the second largest artificial harbour in the world, after the 4,500 hectare Ras Laffan Harbour in Qatar.
4.1 miW
Area
Équeurdreville-Hainneville, Cherbourg-en-Cotentin
106 min walk • Équeurdreville-Hainneville is a former commune in the Manche department in Normandy in north-western France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Cherbourg-en-Cotentin. Its population was 16,313 in 2019.
2.6 miNW
Museum
Le Redoutable, Cherbourg-en-Cotentin
67 min walk • Le Redoutable was the lead boat of her class of ballistic missile submarines in the French Marine Nationale. Commissioned on 1 December 1971, the boat was the first French SNLE.
2.7 miW
Church
Basilique Sainte-Trinité, Cherbourg-en-Cotentin
69 min walk • The Basilica Sainte-Trinité of Cherbourg is a Gothic basilica that stands on the delegated commune of Cherbourg-Octeville within the new commune of Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, in the department of Manche, in the region of Normandy.
2.3 miW
Botanical garden
Jardin botanique de la Roche Fauconnière, Cherbourg-en-Cotentin
58 min walk • The Jardin botanique de la Roche Fauconnière is a private botanical garden located in the Parc de la Fauconnière, Cherbourg-Octeville, Manche, Normandy, France. The garden was created in 1870 or 1873 by Alfred Favier and maintained by subsequent family members Léon Favier and Dr. Charles Favier.
4.7 miSW
Church
St. Martin's Church
120 min walk • The church of Saint-Martin is a Catholic church that stands on the town of Tollevast, in the department of Manche, Normandy region. It is characterized by the importance of its sculpted decoration.
5.1 miSW
Church
Church of Our Lady
130 min walk • Notre-Dame Church is a 12th century Catholic church in the French commune of Martinvast, in the Manche department of the Normandy region.
2.2 miW
49°37'60"N • 1°36'59"W
Le Point du jour, Cherbourg-en-Cotentin
58 min walk • Museum