Saint-Martin-du-Bec () is a
commune in the
Seine-Maritime department
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Government and military
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in the
Normandy region in northern
France.
Geography
A
farming village in the
Pays de Caux, situated some northeast of
Le Havre, at the junction of the D32 and D79 roads, by the banks of the river
Lézarde.
Heraldry
Population
Places of interest
* The church of St. Martin, dating from the twelfth century.
* The
castle
A castle is a type of fortified structure built during the Middle Ages predominantly by the nobility or royalty and by military orders. Scholars debate the scope of the word ''castle'', but usually consider it to be the private fortified r ...
of Bec-Crespin, with a thirteenth-century gate and
portcullis
A portcullis (from Old French ''porte coleice'', "sliding gate") is a heavy vertically-closing gate typically found in medieval fortifications, consisting of a latticed grille made of wood, metal, or a combination of the two, which slides down gr ...
.
* Old buildings, parkland and lakes of the castle grounds.
See also
*
Communes of the Seine-Maritime department
References
Communes of Seine-Maritime
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