Credits: BAT Normandie - Site de Caen
Caption: Décembre 2018
Credits: BAT Normandie - Site de Caen
Caption: Décembre 2018
Credits: BAT Normandie - Site de Caen
Caption: Décembre 2018
Credits: BAT Normandie - Site de Caen
Caption: Décembre 2018
Credits: BAT Normandie - Site de Caen
Caption: Décembre 2018
Location type
Categories
Environment
Seaside,
City
General presentation
Location Condition Type
Well maintained
Location History
Transatlantic harbor station of Cherbourg is a former French maritime and railway station, commissioned between 1930 and 1960.Elle was at that time one of the most important stations of Lower Normandy. Transatlantic station was at the end of the line of Mantes-la-Jolie to Cherbourg. Most of the building is the subject of a registration as monuments. The transatlantic hall is subject to registration under historiques.Le monument monuments houses since 2002 the Cité de la Mer, the Oceanographic Museum.
Construction period
1921-1930,
1931-1940,
1941-1950,
1951-1960
Dominant style
Art deco
Remarkable architectural elements
Stairs (monumental),
Gallery (architecture),
Clock
