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Trip Planner:   Europe  /  France  /  Normandy  /  Basse-Normandie  /  Manche  /  Sainte-Mere-Eglise  /  Church of Sainte-Mère-Église

Church of Sainte-Mère-Église, Sainte-Mere-Eglise

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Religious Site · Hidden Gem · Tourist Spot
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Church of Sainte-Mère-Église is perhaps the most famous D-Day village. Street panels around the town explain the operations of the US paratroopers. In the square, a parachute effigy still dangles from the church, commemorating what happened to John Steele when his parachute snagged on the spire. Inside the church is a stained-glass window featuring the Virgin and child, surrounded by paratroopers. Monuments in the area include the 82nd Airborne plate, 505th Parachute regiment stele, and Sainte-Mère-Église liberators stele. Take the guesswork out of planning a Sainte-Mere-Eglise vacation by using our trip itinerary maker.
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Church of Sainte-Mère-Église reviews

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  • By MaBell1234
    My family and I stopped here on a tour of the Normandy area. I had read about the paratroopers who landed there on D-Day, but visiting the town made their sacrifice real. The windows in the church.....  more
    My family and I stopped here on a tour of the Normandy area. I had read about the paratroopers who landed there on D-Day, but visiting the town made their sacrifice real. The windows in the church.....  more »
  • By mlbpafan
    Paid parking is all you will find here. A small town, but the greed is very present. The church is a can't-miss, right in the middle of town. Make sure to walk around the church as it has great... 
    Paid parking is all you will find here. A small town, but the greed is very present. The church is a can't-miss, right in the middle of town. Make sure to walk around the church as it has great...  more »
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  • By Carlos Francisco Ragout
    The famous church where a parachuter got stranded in the bell tower. Best of the church are the vitreaux with a parachuters theme. Never seen something like that before.
  • By wybobhom
    I was there back in 1983 when I was in the US Army stationed in W Germany. Visited this historic site as part of an officer’s professional development tour…believe it or not, there was a very good Chinese restaurant in this town…
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