Hangar à Dirigeables

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The airship hangar of Écausseville is a disused military building, located in the department of Manche, classified as a historical monument since 2003.

Coordinates: 49°27'5"N, 1°22'54"W

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La BazirerieÉcausseville 50310 NormandyFrance

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+33 2 33 08 56 02

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Hangar à Dirigeables – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Airborne Museum, Crisbecq Battery, Orglandes German war cemetery, Church of Our Lady of the Assumption.

4.2 miSE
Specialty museum, History museum, Museum
Airborne Museum, Sainte-Mère-Église
108 min walk • The Airborne Museum, nestled in the historic town of Sainte-Mère-Église, France, stands as a poignant tribute to the American paratroopers who played a crucial role in the success of the D-Day landings during World War II.
4.3 miNE
Museum, View point
Crisbecq Battery
110 min walk • Nestled in the heart of Normandy, France, the Crisbecq Battery stands as a stark reminder of the region's turbulent past and its role in one of history's most pivotal events: the D-Day landings of World War II. Now transformed into a museum, this former German...
3.5 miSW
Cemetery
Orglandes German war cemetery, Orglandes
90 min walk • Orglandes War Cemetery is a German World War II cemetery in Normandy, France. It is located on the northern edge of the village of Orglandes, about 30 km south east of Cherbourg and 7 km west of Sainte-Mère-Église on the Cotentin Peninsula. The burials come from summer 1944...
4.2 miSE
Church
Church of Our Lady of the Assumption, Sainte-Mère-Église
107 min walk • The church of Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption de Sainte-Mère-Église is a Catholic church, from the 12th - 13th centuries, which stands in the French commune of Sainte-Mère-Église in the department of Manche, in the Normandy region.
5.5 miNW
Church
Église Saint-Malo, Valognes
142 min walk • Saint-Malo Church is a Catholic church, largely destroyed during World War II and then rebuilt, that stands in the French commune of Valognes in the Manche department, Normandy region.
2.8 miE
Locality
Azeville
72 min walk • One of the main attractions in Azeville is the Azeville Battery, which played a significant role in the Normandy landings during World War II. The battery, now a museum, features well-preserved bunkers, artillery pieces, and underground passages that provide a...
4.4 miE
Church
Église Saint-Marcouf
113 min walk • The church of Saint-Marcouf is a Catholic church, built in the eleventh century, reworked in the thirteenth, fifteenth and eighteenth centuries, placed under the name of Marcoul, which stands on the French town of Saint-Marcouf in the department ...
2.5 miN
Church
St. James Church
65 min walk • The Saint-Jacques church is a Catholic church, from the first third of the 14th century, which stands on the French commune of Montebourg in the department of Manche, in the Normandy region.
6.5 miSW
Forts and castles
Château de Crosville
166 min walk • The castle of Crosville-sur-Douve is an old fortified house, of the XVth century, reworked several times, which stands on the French commune of Crosville-sur-Douve in the north of the department of Manche, in the Normandy region.
1.6 miW
Church
St. Peter's Church
40 min walk • The church of Saint-Pierre, or Notre-Dame, is an 11th-century Catholic church in the French commune of Le Ham, in the department of La Manche, in the region of Normandy.
5.5 miSE
Church
Church of Our Lady
141 min walk • The church of Notre-Dame de Turqueville is a Catholic church, dating from the late twelfth century, which stands on the town of Turqueville in the department of Manche, Normandy...