This illustration is about Normandy and it’s famous cheeses. In this illustration The Camembert Museum is portrayed with an old style antique French cheese presse combined with French themed colour scheme and of course this type of cheese.
It is great to know more about this type of cheese, this has taken its name by the beautiful small village of Camembert. This cheese was firstly developed by a woman named Marie Harel during the French Revolution in 1791. The museum Madison du Camembert is open for guided tours. This cheese has also become a symbols of resistance for the French during the First World War supporting the psychology at the fighting fronts. It then was awarded in 1983 as protected denomination of origin and it has become an international top gourmet brand.
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