Mortain - Saint-Évroult

"Stars and Stripes" beside the "Collégiale Saint-Évroult". In August 1944 Mortain was the site of an important battle between the German and American forces. One of the American soldiers was author J.D. Salinger (The Catcher in the Rye).

A collegiate was founded here by William the Conquerer´s half-brother Robert, Count of Mortain, in 1082. The center of the collegiate was a Romanesque church. Of this only a portal still exists, the Gothic church of today was erected from 1230 on and follows the Gothic style of the Île - de - France. It was funded by Mathilde de Dammartin, daughter in law of Philip II of France.