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Visit the fabulous town of Villedieu-les-Poêles in the department of Manche, Normandie

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 I haven't posted for ages  - for many reasons... Today, I am going to post about a town that I have visited many times over the past 25 years -  Villedieu-les-Poêles in the Manche department of Normandie. This town is historically famous as a town that made bells of all shapes and sizes and pretty much anything else made from copper. At one point, many of the shops sold copper pans etc., but now the town has undergone something of a revival as an artisan town with specialist shops like potteries and so on. Visit the Tourist Office :  http://www.villedieu-les-poeles.fr/index.htm There is a  museum for Normandie style furniture -  virtual link here  https://my.octopus3d.com/tour/5985aa79      The actual museum is in the town centre at Meuble Norman  9 rue du Reculé - 50800 Villedieu-les-Poêles    Tél. : 02 33 69 33 44 Visit this internet site for a history of the town and lots of useful information: http://www.villedieu-le...