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.

Eglise gothique
14100 Lisieux

The Cathedral of Saint-Pierre de Lisieux, a Norman Gothic building of the 12th–15th centuries, was the mother church of the diocese before its integration in Bayeux. Ranked a historic monument in 1840, it dominates the city centre with its three iconic towers.

Manoir
14140 Mézidon Vallée d'Auge

The Coupesarte Manor House, emblematic of the Pays d'Auge, is a 16th–15th century manor house located in Mézidon Vallée d'Auge (Calvados), classified as a historical monument for its wood-paned architecture and unique painted decorations.

Maison d'Adam et Ève
14400 Bayeux

The house of Adam and Eve, 15th and 16th century building in Bayeux (Calvados), is a wooden house decorated with statuettes illustrating original sin, classified as a historical monument.

Maison classée MH
14600 Honfleur

The houses of Quai Sainte-Catherine in Honfleur, Normandy, form a set of 40 houses of the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries, emblematic of the Old Basin. Their slate facades and reflection in the water make it a major historical and tourist site.

Eglise gothique
14000 Caen

The church of Saint-Pierre de Caen, a Gothic and Renaissance religious building of the 14th to 16th centuries, dominates the historic centre of Caen in Normandy. Ranked a historic monument in 1840, it combines medieval architecture and Renaissance elements, marked by its iconic bell tower and its turbulent history, especially during the Revolution and the Second World War.

Château
14100 Hermival-les-Vaux

Hermival Castle, built in the 17th century and renovated in the 18th century, is a seigneurial stone house located in Hermival-les-Vaux, Calvados, Normandy. Its architecture combines Renaissance and classical styles, with facades protected at the Historical Monuments since 1927.

Rempart
14700 Falaise

The ramparts of Falaise, built between the 13th and 17th centuries, form a 2 km fortified enclosure that surrounds the Norman city, punctuated with medieval towers and gates still visible today.