Saint-Martin-de-Boscherville is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.
Location
1 explorer visited this place
Geography
A residential village situated by the banks of the river Seine, some 6 miles (9.7 km) west of Rouen at the junction of the D67, D267 and the D982 roads.
Places of interest
The abbey church of St. Georges, dating from the twelfth century. twelfth century vestiges of the abbey (cloisters and halls etc.) Ancient wood-framed houses. Manoir de l'Aumônerie, the thirteenth century Templars manorhouse at Genetay. Ruins of the old castle of Genetay. The sixteenth century chapel of St. Gorgon.
People
Jean-Pierre Aumer, ballet choreographer, died here in 1833 Louis Fabulet, translator of the works of Rudyard Kipling lived here. The marriage of musician David Hallyday and model Estelle Lefébure took place here in 1989 Jean Lecanuet, politician, is buried in the abbey
Twin towns
Hurstpierpoint, England
See also
Saint-Georges de Boscherville Abbey Communes of the Seine-Maritime department