Dieppe

Small fishing city with a small commercial cargo & ferry harbour and an imposing fortress castle overlooking the city. It played an important role during WWII.

Jacques-Emile Blanche

Dieppe – The Artists – Blanche, Jacques-Emile

Jacques-Emile Blanche was a French artist, largely self-taught, who became a successful portrait painter, working in London and Paris. Blanche was born in Paris. His father, whose name he shared, was a successful psychiatrist who ran a fashionable clinic, and he was brought up in the rich Parisian neighborhood of Passy in a house that had belonged to the Princesse de Lamballe.

Most of his paintings were made in London, Paris and Dieppe (Normandy). Here are his paintings of Dieppe and its surroundings.

The TransManche ferry docked at Dieppe

Dieppe – The Ferry

The city of Dieppe has quite an active ferry activity. Up to 3 sailings per day, for the four hour crossing (it used to be half the time when they were operating a fast ferry, but those days are gone). The ferry is operated by DFDS (formerly known as Transmanche ferries) and goes between Newhaven …

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Cannon in the Dieppe castle

Normandy – World War II Memorials – The Dieppe Raid

Dieppe is a city that was exposed early on to the WWII invasion when the Canadians attempted an invasion called the “Dieppe Raid“, also known as “Operation Jubilee“. It was a sort of “test case” to see if it could be done, and unfortunately, it cost a lot of lives; 1400 died and1946 were captured. …

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View of Dieppe's church taken from the castle

Dieppe – Introduction

Dieppe, a fishing city with a big and intact castle/fortress, one of France’s oldest golf links and a twice daily ferry to Newhaven, UK.

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Dieppe – Tips

Transport Getting There Ferry: from Newhaven, UK, there are 2-3 daily return sailings. Within Dieppe Dieppe is rather small and mostly flat, so no transportation is needed. If you are in the city centre, you can walk up to the castle. If you have come via ferry, there is a shuttle bus that brings you …

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