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'Gold Beach'


'Gold Beach'
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Copyright: Kristof Szekely (szekelykristof) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 382 W: 63 N: 456] (2255)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2005-07-24
Categories: Nature
Exposure: f/7.1, 1/250 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2008-06-13 0:37
Viewed: 289
Points: 14
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
61 years later... This little Normandian town is Arromanches-sur-Mer. On D-Day, American, British and Canadian soldiers fought in this area codenamed Gold Beach.

From wikipedia:

The town lies along the stretch of coastline designated as Gold Beach during the D-Day landings , one of the beaches used by British troops in the Allied invasion. Arromanches was selected as one of the sites for two Mulberry Harbours built on the Normandy coast, the other one built further West at Omaha Beach. Sections of the Mulberry Harbour at Arromanches still remain today with huge concrete blocks sitting on the sand, and more can be seen further out at sea.

Today Arromanches is mainly a tourist town. Situated in a good location for visiting all of the battle sites and War Cemeteries, there is also a museum at Arromanches with information about Operation Overlord and in particular, the Mulberry harbours.
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I rally think this picture deserves much,much more attention Kristof...
jan

Bonjour kristof,

oui je reconnais bien cette charmante petite ville au passé agité! Tres joli Point de vue.

Merci. LuDivine

Bonjour Kristof,

Quel magnifique paysage, excellent point de vue avec une jolie composition et des couleurs réelles. J'aimerais bien visiter ce beau coin de la France.

Bonne journée, Michel

Beautiful coastal scenery and town. good POV in which you can see the line of the cliff and the pier.
Greetings,
Donato

hello Kristof,

a lovely place you went on your vacation.. nice shot of this small town near the sea.. the view is stunning.. good capture with nice detail and composition. good job.

regards, terry

Hello Kristof,

A poignant note. My father was part of the Canadian contigent.
A lovely coastal view with good clarity and detail. Good job!
Joni

Kristof,
This is a very interesting beautiful place. How i wish i can go there too. You have a very interesting notes too. Love the view. Great designs of the houses. The place seems peaceful and very clean. I also love that white clouds and the water.
Thanks for sharing this with us.
GRACE

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