Normandy: the scenery and romance of its ancient towns:

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r LIBRARY I OrUNIVERSITY DIEGO \SAN NORMANDY MONT ST MICHEL FROM THE CAUSEWAY. NORMANDY: "-. BEAUMONT-LE-ROGER.BETWEEN CONCHES ANDON THE ROAD The RoadsStraight 9 as as builtbook is the Romans andstraight any by is bordered it is one of theby poplars, only type routes natlonales connect thethat towns.great larger In the of the borderedhilly parts Normandy poplar roads and however thestraightentirely disappear, have tried to make theirengineers may ways, they have been forced to them a on thegive zig-zag that breaks the of thesteep slopes up monotony so often to be seengreat perspectives stretching away for distances in front and behind. It mustgreat not be that is without the usualimagined Normandy road where bend haswinding everycountry beyond in of freshit some the views. An possibilities way examination of a road of the willgood map country show that the roads are numerous,although straight there are others that wind and twist almost as much as athe As the routerule,average English turnpike. natlonale is about the same width as most main but it has on side an ofeitherroads, spaceequal This is off the can- grass. frequently scraped by and the is intoniers, placed pilesgrass great ready for removal. When these have been cleared away the is of enormous and in casewidth,thoroughfare of could march in the centre withneed, regiments i o Normandy on one and a train on theside, other,supplyartillery one another.

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• Normandy

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• Publié par: les_archives_du_savoir
• Nombre de lectures: 4
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 10 Mo

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