Selection of the most beautiful monuments in Lower Normandy

Eglise gothique
61500 Sées

Notre-Dame de Sées Cathedral, a 13th-century Gothic building in the Orne region of Normandy, is the seat of the diocese. Ranked a historic monument since 1875, it combines medieval architecture and major restorations in the 19th and 20th centuries.

Motte féodale
14220 Grimbosq

Olivet Castle, an 11th century feudal motte, is an ancient castle of land and wood located in the forest of Grimbosq, Normandy, controlling the crossing of the Orne.

Bâtiment Renaissance
14000 Caen

The Hotel d'Escoville, a 16th century Renaissance jewel in Caen, is an iconic mansion in Normandy, rebuilt after 1944. Located in Place Saint-Pierre, it illustrates the civil architecture of the French Renaissance.

Phare classé MH
50840 Fermanville

The Cape Levi Lighthouse, built in the 19th century and rebuilt in the 20th century in Fermanville (Normandia), is a historical pink granite monument marking the Cherbourg harbour, marked by its destruction in 1944 and its reconstruction in 1948.

Phare classé MH
50400 Granville

Chausey Lighthouse, 19th-century flagship house on Grande-Île de Chausey (Granville, Normandy), has been guiding ships in a dangerous archipelago since 1848.

Phare classé MH
50760 Gatteville-le-Phare

The Gatteville Lighthouse, built in the 18th and 19th centuries in Gatteville-le-Phare (Manche), is the second highest lighthouse in France, pointing to the dangerous currents of the Raz de Barfleur in Normandy.

Phare classé MH
50400 Granville

The Cape Lihou Lighthouse, built in the 2nd quarter of the 19th century in Granville, Normandy, is a historic grey granite lighthouse, still in service and classified as a historic monument since 2009.

Manoir
50260 Saint-Martin-le-Hébert

The manor house of the Court, an old fortified house from the 14th century, rebuilt in the 17th century, stands in Saint-Martin-le-Hébert (Manche, Normandy). Surrounded by moat, this historic monument combines medieval defensive architecture with Renaissance elements, with doves, terraced garden and indoor octagonal wash.