1. Home
2. Europe
3. France
4. Normandy
5. Calvados
6. Pont-l'Évêque Prison

Pont-l'Évêque Prison

Pont-l'Évêque Prison - Credit: Wikimedia Commons

The Pont-l'Évêque Prison, also known as Joyeuse Prison, is a building constructed in the early 19th century in Pont-l'Évêque, in the French department of Calvados in the Normandy region. It is a rare example in France of a prison building that has been preserved after closure, the usual fate being demolition or conversion. Read more on Wikipedia

• type: historic site
• date from: 1823

Source: en.wikipedia.org