Porte d'Aval
Porte d'Aval is a striking rock formation on the Alabaster Coast in Normandy in France .
The white chalk cliff , interspersed with brown-black layers of flint , extends about 100 meters in a north-westerly direction into the English Channel . The name Falaises d'Aval also exists for the rock itself . Its northern very narrow end forms a high rock arch called the ark . To the west, the rock needle Aiguille d'Etretat stands in front of the rock in the water . The Valleuse de Jambourg extends southwest . Porte d'Aval belongs to the territory of the municipality of Étretat .
On the east side of the Porte d'Aval there are two rock peaks, one of which was artificially created. A footbridge leads from the top of the Porte d'Aval to the Chambre des Demoiselles cave . In the eastern flank of the rock there is another cave called Trou à l'Homme .
The Porte d'Aval was a common motif used by painters. He can also be seen in pictures by Gustave Courbet and Claude Monet .
literature
- Françoise Foucher, Étretat , Éditions d'Art Jack, Louannec, June 2018, ISBN 978-2-37773-037-7 , page 6 ff.
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Coordinates: 49 ° 42 ′ 26.3 " N , 0 ° 11 ′ 37" E