At Villequier, visit the Victor Hugo Museum which is accessible from Rue Ernest Binet.
The village became well known when Léopoldine Hugo, Victor's daughter, was tragically drowned here with her husband, Charles Vacquerie, on September 4th 1843, just six months after their wedding. Two other relatives were also lost when the tidal bore, the Mascaret, swept upstream that fateful day. The volume of poems, Les Contemplations, expresses the great poet's sorrow over the event. The rich Vacquerie family were boat builders from Le Havre and the museum is in the house once owned by the unfortunate Charles. Their tomb is in the cemetery of the 15th century church on the Caudebec Road. Victor's wife, Adèle, is also buried there.
Just outside town stands the 15th century Maison Blanche (White House) which has its staircase located in a turret alongside the façade overlooking the courtyard.
