Cité de la Mer
The Cité de la Mer is a maritime museum in Cherbourg, France. 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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Museum
- Description: museum in France
- Also known as: “Cite de la Mer”
- Address: Allée du Président Menut
- Wheelchair access: yes
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Cherbourg Maritime station and French submarine Redoutable.
Cherbourg Maritime station
Historic building
Photo: Thbz, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Cherbourg's Gare Maritime or Gare Maritime Transatlantique was a railway station at the end of the railway line from Paris' Gare Saint-Lazare and of the short branch from Cherbourg's main station.
French submarine Redoutable
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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. French submarine Redoutable is situated 140 metres north of Cité de la Mer.
Basilique Sainte-Trinité de Cherbourg
Church
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Basilique Sainte-Trinité de Cherbourg 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.
Cherbourg-en-Cotentin
Photo: Thilver, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Cherbourg is a port town at the north end of the Cotentin Peninsula in Manche, France. 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.
Octeville
Suburb
Photo: Xfigpower, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Octeville is a suburb, which is situated 3 km southwest of Cité de la Mer.
La Glacerie
Village
La Glacerie is a former commune in the Manche department in north-western France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Cherbourg-en-Cotentin. La Glacerie is situated 5 km southeast of Cité de la Mer.
Cité de la Mer
- Categories: maritime museum, project, theme park, convention center, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Normandy, France, Europe
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Latitude
49.64669° or 49° 38′ 48″ northLongitude
-1.6173° or 1° 37′ 2″ westOpen location code
8CXWJ9WM+M3OpenStreetMap ID
way 700694503OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yesWikidata ID
Q2974764
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Spanish—“Cité de la Mer” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Cité de la Mer”
- Estonian: “La Cité de la Mer”
- French: “Cite de la Mer”
- French: “CITE DE LA MER”
- French: “Cité De La Mer”
- French: “La Cité de la Mer”
- German: “La Cité de la Mer”
- Japanese: “Cité de la Mer海洋博物館”
- Japanese: “海事博物館”
- Japanese: “海軍博物館”
- Spanish: “La Ciudad de la Mar”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Honorary Consulate of Ireland and Cité de la Mer.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Cité de la Mer”. Photo: Ji-Elle, Public domain.