Martin M. Miles' photos with the keyword: Longeville-sur-Mer

The Menhir du Russelet near Longeville-sur-Mer is 3.80 metres high and has a weight of about 26 tons. It is also called Pierre-qui-vire because there is a legend that says the stone turns at midnight and is a meeting place for wizards and werewolves.

Old handymen presented their skills and crafts, farmers their animals and their antique tractors during the fête locale". Here are some tourists and two pious nuns, watching the villagers dance.

The church, today dedicated to "Notre-Dame-de-l’Assomption" is known since the 12th century, when it wa depending from the Benedictine Abbaye Sainte-Croix in Talmont-Saint-Hilaire (12kms northwest). The nave is very early Gothic (or very late Romanesque). The older transsept is clearly Romanesque with rough capitals.

The church, today dedicated to "Notre-Dame-de-l’Assomption", is known since the 12th century, when it wa depending from the Benedictine Abbaye Sainte-Croix in Talmont-Saint-Hilaire (12kms northwest). The nave is very early Gothic (or very late Romanesque), while the older transsept is clearly Romanesque.

A "Fête locale", the "Longeville mini-ferme", buzzles all around "Notre-Dame-de-l’Assomption" in the center of the village. The church here is known since the 12th century.