Saint-Germain-de-Livet
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Saint-Germain-de-Livet (Template:IPA) is a commune south of Lisieux in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France.
History
The famous chateau at Saint-Germain-de-Livet, now open to the public, was built by the Tournebu (later Tournebu-de-Livet) family between 1561 and 1578.<ref>Statistique monumentale du Calvados, Arcisse Caumont, Caen, Paris, 1867</ref><ref>Tourebu versus Foucault, Buying Titles of Nobility in France, heraldica.org</ref>
Population
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See also
References
External links
- château Saint-Germain-de-Livet, medieval history note on the château Saint-Germain-de-Livet