The guide
The Medieval Town
The hilltop old town — the château and ramparts, the Romanesque church, and the lanes above the valley.
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A Fortress That Became a Balcony
The ruined keep of Domfront once commanded one of Normandy's most fought-over frontiers. Today it commands the view.
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Notre-Dame-sur-l'Eau
The Romanesque church the town grew away from. Road-widening cut away four bays of its nave, yet Notre-Dame-sur-l'Eau still stands by the Varenne.
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The Perched Old Town
Domfront sits on a spur of granite above the Varenne valley like a town that refused to come down.
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Medieval Domfront
A rock, a river gorge, and eight centuries of contested history — why this small Norman town punched so far above its weight.