Bény-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, Reviers

Name: Bény-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery
Address: Reviers, France

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The Bény-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery is a cemetery containing predominantly Canadian soldiers killed during the early stages of the Battle of Normandy in the Second World War. It is located in and named after Bény-sur-Mer in the Calvados department, near Caen in lower Normandy. As is typical of war cemeteries in France, the grounds are beautifully landscaped and immaculately kept. Contained within the cemetery is a Cross of Sacrifice, a piece of architecture typical of memorials designed by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. ()

Local name: Cimetière militaire canadien de Bény-sur-Mer Coordinates: 49°18'13"N, 0°27'2"W

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Bény-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Juno Beach Centre, La Delivrande War Cemetery, Château de Fontaine-Henry, Graye-sur-Mer.

2.3 miN
History museum, Monuments and statues, Museum
Juno Beach Centre, Courseulles-sur-Mer
60 min walk • The Juno Beach Centre is a museum located in Courseulles-sur-Mer in the Calvados region of Normandy, France. It is situated immediately behind the beach codenamed Juno, the section of the Allied beachhead on which 14,000 Canadian troops landed on D-Day 6 June 1944.
3.4 miE
Cemetery
La Delivrande War Cemetery, Douvres-la-Délivrande
88 min walk • La Délivrande war cemetery is a Second World War cemetery of Commonwealth soldiers in France, located 14 km north of Caen, Normandy. The cemetery contains 943 commonwealth war graves and 180 German war graves.
2 miS
Forts and castles
Château de Fontaine-Henry, Fontaine-Henry
52 min walk • The Fontaine-Henry castle is located in the commune of Fontaine-Henry, in the French department of Calvados, in the Normandy region.
2 miNW
Area
Graye-sur-Mer, Courseulles-sur-Mer
53 min walk • Graye-sur-Mer is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region, in northwestern France, 1.1 km from Courseulles-sur-Mer, and 3.4 km from Sainte-Croix-sur-Mer. The commune probably acquired its name from an old landed estate in its vicinity owned by a knight subordinate to William the Conqueror, Anchetil de Greye.
3.7 miE
Church
St. Martin's Church, Langrune-sur-Mer
94 min walk • The Saint-Martin church is a Catholic church located in Langrune-sur-Mer, in France.
2.8 miW
Church
Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross
71 min walk • The Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross of Sainte-Croix-sur-Mer is a Catholic church located in Sainte-Croix-sur-Mer, France.
2.6 miS
Church
St. Peter's Church, Thaon
67 min walk • The Saint-Pierre de Thaon church is an ancient parish church built in the 11th and 12th centuries at the bottom of the Mue valley, away from the actual village of Thaon. It is a very beautiful example of Norman Romanesque architecture.
1.2 miSE
Church
Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church
31 min walk • The Church of the Assumption of Our Lady, or Notre Dame Church, is a Catholic church located in Bény-sur-Mer, France.
1.3 miSE
Forts and castles
Château de Bény-sur-Mer
33 min walk • The castle of Bény-sur-Mer is a castle located in the commune of Bény-sur-Mer in the Calvados department in the Normandy region.
3.5 miE
Architecture, Church
Basilique Notre-Dame de la Délivrande, Douvres-la-Délivrande
91 min walk • Several basilicas are named Basilique Notre-Dame-de-la-Délivrande in reference to the pilgrimage of La Délivrande, today a hamlet of the French commune of Douvres-la-Délivrande: Basilique Notre-Dame-de-la-Délivrande of Douvres-la-Délivrande in...
1.9 miN
Forts and castles
Château de Courseulles, Courseulles-sur-Mer
48 min walk • The RaceUlles castle is a building located in Raceulles-sur-Mer, in France.