Saint-Martin-de-Boscherville

Saint-Martin-de-Boscherville is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.

Geography
A residential village situated by the banks of the river Seine, some 6 mi 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

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