Tancarville

Tancarville Castle stands on a chalk cliff above the lower Seine, overlooking the river's approach to the sea. Its towers and walls guarded an important route through Normandy and served the lords whose name it bore. During the Hundred Years' War the castle was surrendered to English forces in 1419; its defences were strengthened during the occupation before the Harcourt family recovered it after the English departure. In the early eighteenth century a new residence was built within the older fortifications for the Count of Évreux, combining an ancient stronghold with a more comfortable house.