Selection of the most beautiful monuments in Upper Normandy

Gothic Church
76290 Montivilliers

The abbey of Montivilliers, a former Benedictine abbey founded in the 7th century in Montivilliers, Normandy, illustrates Norman religious architecture from the 11th to the 18th centuries, with an abbey church and remarkable convent buildings.

Abbey
76540 Thérouldeville

Valmont Abbey, a former Benedictine abbey founded in the 12th century in Valmont, Seine-Maritime, combines Renaissance ruins and monastic history in Normandy.

Romanesque Church
76840 Saint-Martin-de-Boscherville

The Saint-Georges Abbey of Boscherville, founded in the 12th century in Saint-Martin-de-Boscherville, Normandy, is a jewel of Norman Romanesque architecture. This historic monument, marked by centuries of monastic history, houses a church, a Gothic capitular hall and remarkable gardens, witness to its Benedictine past and its successive transformations.

Basilica
76240 Bonsecours

The Basilica of Notre-Dame de Bonsecours, a 19th-century neo-Gothic building in Bonsecours near Rouen, dominates the Rounnaise metropolis. Classified as a historical monument in 2004, it houses a medieval Marian pilgrimage and a rich interior decoration, including stained glass windows and a Cavaillé-Coll organ.

Urban heritage
76000 Rouen

Le Bureau des Finances de Rouen, édifice civil du XVIe siècle situé place de la Cathédrale, illustre la transition entre gothique et Renaissance avec ses façades classées Monument Historique en 1926.

Gothic Church
76000 Rouen

Notre-Dame de Rouen Cathedral, Norman Gothic masterpiece, has dominated the city since the 12th century. With its cast iron arrow culminating at 151 metres, it was the world's tallest building from 1876 to 1880.

Castle
76880 Arques-la-Bataille

The castle of Arques-la-Battle, built in the 12th century in Normandy, is an ancient medieval fortress in ruins, famous for its historic sieges and its role in the battle of Henry IV in 1589. Located on a rocky spur overlooking the valleys, it illustrates Norman defensive architecture.

Castle
76200 Dieppe

Dieppe Castle, built in the 14th and 15th centuries, is a medieval castle overlooking the Norman city of Dieppe (Seine-Maritime), now home to a municipal museum in its listed ramparts.