Mont Canisy battery
Located on the highest ground in Normandy (110 m (360 ft) high), the vantage point overlooks the Côte Fleurie.The bunker complex was constructed between 1941 and 1944 to protect the River Seine estuary and the port of Le Havre.Much of the site is now a nature reserve and the bunker complex is open to the public and guided tours take place throughout the summer.The Germans built the twenty-five hectare bunker complex (designated Widerstandsnest WN Vill 013 - resistance nest or strongpoint) in 1942 to house six captured French First World War-vintage 155mm cannons.However, the German guns could not reach the warships and it was determined that they were not a threat to the landing beach at Sword either (24 km (15 mi) distant).