Historical information
The Old Gateway or the Saint-Sauveur Gateway (13th Century). After the old regime it had, for some time, served as a Town Hall. In august 1944, the US troops, eager to facilitate truck traffic provisioning the frontline, wanted to blow up this tower. It was saved by the energetic intervention of Mayor Andre Halbout. The town plan of 1946 rerouted Chaussee Street, which now passes to the north of the tower. The south tower, its twin, disappeared in 1788.
Physical description
Colour photograph of the Old Gateway, Vire, France
Subjects
References
- Vire, Normandy Short article written by Dr Dorothy Wickham.
- Notre Dame de Vire Article by Dr Dorothy Wickham about the cathedral in Vire. It was modelled on the Notre Dame Cathedral of Paris. When restoration work was carried out on the cathedral in Paris, stonemasons from the Vire region were employed.
