Le Havre, the place to be in Normandy from impressionist paintings of women Watch Video
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Description: Founded in 1517 by François 1, Le Havre was famously rebuilt after World War II. In 2005, the high standard and historical importance of Auguste Perret’s post-war reconstruction architecture was recognized, when the rebuilt city centre of Le Havre became a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Le Havre has always been ahead of its time, and Perret’s architecture was not the first «Shock of the New» to hail from Le Havre: it was here that Impressionism was born - and modern art with it - when Monet