France, Normandy, Etretat, View of the small sailor chapel Notre Dame de la Garde

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France, Normandy, Seine Maritime, Etretat, View of the small sailor chapel Notre Dame de la Garde at the Falaise d Amont In the back the Falaise d Aval with the Porte d Aval and the cliff needle Aiguille This small village became famous because of its unique position at a cutting in the rocks of the Alabaster coast Due to this extraordinary position a lot of artists and poets visited this village since the 19th century Delacroix Boudin Courbet Guy de Maupassant Jacques Offenbach Andre Gide Gustave Flaubert But it was Claude Monet who eternalised this place in his paintings like Les Falaises The Cliffs Vue de la rade View from the Harbour and especially L Aiguille he needle seen from the Top of the Cliff

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Size: 5433px × 3105px
Location: Etretat, Normandy, France
Photo credit: © Guido Schiefer / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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