The Sainte-Mère-Église church in Normandy was built in the 11th century in the Romanesque style and completed four centuries later in the Gothic style. It’s topped by a saddleback bell tower and gained a place in history on D-Day as one of the first towns to be liberated. This was achieved through the efforts of American paratroopers who were dropped into Sainte-Mère-Église in the early hours of 6th June 1944. Photo from the site of Airborne Museum , a French museum dedicated to the memory of paratroopers of the 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions of the United States Army who parachuted into Normandy on the night of June 5–6, 1944. Sainte-Mère-Église, Arrondissement de Cherbourg, Normandy. Summer holidays in France, August 2019