Pont-l'Evêque

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Pont-l'Evêque has a rich historical past. From the Roman period, the roads connecting Bayeux to Rouen and Lisieux to the littoral, crossed the Touques River close to the confluences of Calonne and Yvie, where the passage to ford proved to be possible. When the bridges improved the circulation, the merchants established and houses were built around. A commercial center initially, Pont-l'Evêque became after that the administrative seat of the Viscount of Auge. A city without a wall and practically without garrison it easily attracts the English army in 1346. The second English occupation of 1417 will be established until 1449. Then in 1590, the army of Henry IV seizes the city; the district of Vaucelles and part of the church Saint Michel burnt in the fire. After that a period of calm and prosperity will succeed to the violence and the destruction.

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