Saint-Martin-de-Boscherville
Saint-Martin-de-Boscherville is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.
Geography
A residential village situated by the banks of the river Seine, some west of Rouen at the junction of the D67, D267 and the D982 roads.Places of interest
- The abbey church of St. Georges, dating from the twelfth century.
- twelfth century vestiges of the abbey
- Ancient wood-framed houses.
- Manoir de l'Aumônerie, the thirteenth century Templars manorhouse at Genetay.
- Ruins of the old castle of Genetay.
- The sixteenth century chapel of St. Gorgon.
People
- Jean-Pierre Aumer, ballet choreographer, died here in 1833
- Louis Fabulet, translator of the works of Rudyard Kipling lived here.
- The marriage of musician David Hallyday and model Estelle Lefébure took place here in 1989
- Jean Lecanuet, politician, is buried in the abbey