Cherbourg-en-Cotentin · Manche
Fort du Roule
French name: fort du Roule
Free one day a week
Free admission
- Free one day a weekFree every WednesdayFree every Wednesday at both paying municipal museums; both are also free year-round for under-26s.
Address
Fort du Roule, Montée des Résistants, 50100 Cherbourg-en-Cotentin
A fort built between 1853 and 1857 under Napoleon III atop Mont du Roule, turned by the Germans into an entrenched camp with underground galleries and recaptured by the Americans from 25 to 27 June 1944. It has housed the Cherbourg Liberation Museum since 1954.
More free museums nearby
- Thomas Henry MuseumCherbourg-en-CotentinFree one day a week
- Quesnel-Morinière MuseumCoutancesAlways free
- Saint-Lô Museum of Art and HistorySaint-LôFree 1st Sunday
- Memorial Museum of the Battle of NormandyBayeuxFree for locals only
- Bayeux Tapestry MuseumBayeuxFree for locals only
- Baron-Gérard MuseumBayeuxFree for locals only
All free museums in Cherbourg-en-CotentinAll free museums in Manche