Cité de la Mer

The Cité de la Mer is a maritime museum in Cherbourg, . The museum is in the cruise terminal of Cherbourg. This monument was built in 1933; it is one of the bigger art-deco monuments of today.
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  • Opening hours: Tuesday—Sunday 10:00 AM—6:00 PM
  • Type: Museum
  • Description: museum in France
  • Also known as: “Cite de la Mer”
  • Address: Allée du Président Menut

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include French submarine Redoutable and Cherbourg Maritime station.

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Le Redoutable was the lead boat of her class of ballistic missile submarines in the French Marine nationale. Commissioned on 1 December 1971, the boat was the first French SNLE. is situated 140 metres north of Cité de la Mer.

Historic building
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Cherbourg's Gare Maritime or Gare Maritime Transatlantique was a railway station at the end of the railway line from Paris' and of the short branch from .

Church
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is a church, which is situated 670 metres southwest of Cité de la Mer.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cherbourg-en-Cotentin and Octeville.

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Cherbourg is a port town at the north end of the Cotentin Peninsula in , . Cherbourg is located near the D-Day beaches where Allied forces landed in 1944 during World War II. The town was liberated by American troops shortly after that.

Suburb
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is a suburb, which is situated 3 km southwest of Cité de la Mer.

Village
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is a former commune in the department in north-western . On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of . is situated 5 km southeast of Cité de la Mer.

Cité de la Mer

Latitude
49.64669° or 49° 38′ 48″ north
Longitude
-1.6173° or 1° 37′ 2″ west
Wheelchair access
yes
Open location code
8CXWJ9WM+M3
Open­Street­Map ID
way 700694503
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Wiki­data ID
Q2974764
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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Spanish—“Cité de la Mer” goes by many names.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Honorary Consulate of Ireland and Cité de la Mer.

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