Cape Fagnet
The Cape Fagnet with 110 meters the highest point of the French Alabaster Coast in Normandy and is situated overlooking the harbor of Fécamp . On the cape there are lookout points and a radar system. The view from the cape extends far along the chalk cliffs to the east and west to Étretat . In 2006 a small wind farm was built on the Cape .
Attractions
Notre-Dame de Salut chapel
The chapel of the sailors Notre-Dame de Salut was the destination of pilgrims from Fécamp who climbed the mountain via the sailors' path to pray for the success of the crossings to Newfoundland. 40 votive tablets inside were deposited here as thanks or, like the memorial tablets for missing seamen, testify to various shipwrecks.
Bunker systems
In 1942, in anticipation of an Allied invasion, the cape was fortified by the German occupiers with bunkers as part of the Atlantic Wall . The control center of the Würzburg radar station and several smaller bunkers can be found on the cape today. Striking are three large concrete bases that were supposed to support a 300 km long Mammut radar system . However, this was no longer put into operation because the German troops had to withdraw in August 1944.
nature
The cape is home to cormorants and many other bird species in a 5700 hectare bird sanctuary.
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Coordinates: 49 ° 46 ′ 0 ″ N , 0 ° 22 ′ 0 ″ E