Manneporte

Manneporte southwest side, 2019

North-east side on a picture by Monet, 1883

Manneporte is a striking rock formation on the Alabaster Coast in Normandy in France .

It consists of a white chalk cliff with brown-black layers of flint stones . The appearance of the rock, which extends about 100 meters in a north-westerly direction into the English Channel , is characterized by a large arch-like breakthrough located near the tip. It is the largest rock arch on the Alabaster Coast. Manneporte belongs to the territory of the municipality of Étretat . To the southwest lies the Pointe de la Courtine , to the northeast the Valleuse de Jambourg and the Aiguille d'Etretat rock needle .

The French writer Guy de Maupassant (1850-1893) described the Manneporte as a Gothic portal under which a ship with full sails could pass. Like other parts of the coast, the Manneporte was repeatedly a motif for painters. Sun made Claude Monet multiple images that show the Manneporte.

literature

• Françoise Foucher, Étretat , Éditions d'Art Jack, Louannec, June 2018, ISBN 978-2-37773-037-7 , page 9.

Web links

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Coordinates: 49 ° 42 ′ 15.4 ″  N , 0 ° 11 ′ 19.6 ″  E