The Museum of the Atlantic Wall
The Museum of the Atlantic Wall is a bunker in Ouistreham, Arrondissement of Caen, Normandy. The Museum of the Atlantic Wall is situated nearby to the museum Le Musée du Grand Bunker, as well as near the motorhome stopover Aire Camping-Car Ouistreham.Photo: RéMineur7, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Bunker
- Description: museum of the Atlantic Wall fortification
- Also known as: “Ancien Poste de Direction de Tir de Riva-Bella”, “Le Grand Bunker”, and “The ‘Big Bunker’”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Ouistreham lighthouse and Chapelle Sainte-Thérèse-de-l’Enfant-Jésus de Riva Bella.
Ouistreham lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Viault, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ouistreham lighthouse is situated 1 km south of The Museum of the Atlantic Wall.
Chapelle Sainte-Thérèse-de-l’Enfant-Jésus de Riva Bella
Church
Photo: M.Strīķis, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Chapelle Sainte-Thérèse-de-l’Enfant-Jésus de Riva Bella is a church, which is situated 710 metres west of The Museum of the Atlantic Wall.
Town hall of Ouistreham
Town hall
Photo: Ikmo-ned, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Town hall of Ouistreham is situated 1¼ km south of The Museum of the Atlantic Wall.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pointe du Siège and Sallenelles.
Sallenelles
Photo: Ikmo-ned, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sallenelles is a village in Calvados départment of Lower Normandy, France.
Colleville-Montgomery
Village
Photo: Sylenius, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Colleville-Montgomery is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northern France. Colleville-Montgomery is situated 3½ km west of The Museum of the Atlantic Wall.
The Museum of the Atlantic Wall
- Categories: defence work, museum, artillery battery, building, and historic site
- Location: Ouistreham, Arrondissement of Caen, Calvados, Normandy, France, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
49.28749° or 49° 17′ 15″ northLongitude
-0.25235° or 0° 15′ 9″ westInception
20th centuryLevels
4Open location code
8CXX7PPX+X3OpenStreetMap ID
way 112230148OpenStreetMap feature
building=bunkerOpenStreetMap feature
historic=bunkerWikidata ID
Q14627578
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Spanish—“The Museum of the Atlantic Wall” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Musee du Mur de l’Atlantique”
- Dutch: “Musée du Mur de l’Atlantique”
- French: “Le Grand Bunker”
- French: “Musée du Mur de l’Atlantique”
- French: “poste de direction de tir de Riva-Bella”
- French: “Poste de direction de tir de Riva-Bella”
- German: “der ‘große Bunker’”
- German: “Der ‘große Bunker’”
- German: “Le Grand Bunker”
- Hebrew: “הבונקר הגדול באויסטרהאם”
- Hebrew: “מוזיאון החומה האטלנטית”
- Spanish: “El ‘Grand Bunker’”
- Spanish: “Le Gran Bunker”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Le Musée du Grand Bunker and Aire Camping-Car Ouistreham.
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