Église Saint-Étienne d'Honfleur, Medieval church in Honfleur, France.
The Église Saint-Étienne d'Honfleur is a former Catholic church in Honfleur, Calvados, southeast of the old harbour basin. Its lower facade is built of pale rectangular stone blocks around a pointed Gothic window with tracery, two vertical sections and a quatrefoil above. A band of dark, mossy roofing separates this wall from a tower clad in overlapping rows of grey wooden shingles, pierced by a small rectangular opening and a larger louvered one, and topped by a slender tapering shingled spire. Since 1976 the building has housed the museum of the navy.
The church was built in the 14th century and has been without worship since the French Revolution. It was classified as a monument historique on 28 September 1932 and has housed the Musée de la Marine since 1976.
The building lost its religious use at the French Revolution and has housed the Musée de la Marine since 1976. Its name recalls Saint Stephen, and the former nave now displays maritime collections. The grey shingled tower and spire stand southeast of the old basin, a landmark of the harbour quarter.
The former church stands southeast of Honfleur's old harbour basin, in the Calvados department. Since 1976 it has housed the town's maritime museum, so the visit combines the 14th-century building with the naval collections. Look up at the grey shingled tower and spire above the pale stone facade with its pointed Gothic window.
Since 1976 the former church has housed the Musée de la Marine, displaying ship models and maritime objects from Honfleur's seafaring past. The building was deconsecrated after the Revolution, so the nave and chapels now serve as exhibition rooms rather than places of worship.
The community of curious travelers
AroundUs brings together thousands of curated places, local tips, and hidden gems, enriched daily by 92,807 contributors worldwide.
