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Hauteville House, Guernsey

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Hauteville House, Guernsey
Photo: Pymouss, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

The house where Victor Hugo lived in exile from 1856 to 1870, and where he wrote Les Misérables. He decorated it himself, with carved wood, tapestries and porcelain, and a glass 'lookout' at the top, from where he could see France on clear days.


Guided tours are offered in summer; book ahead. It belongs to the City of Paris.

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