Selection of the most beautiful monuments in Calvados

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.

Château de style Classique
14140 Grandchamp-le-Château

The Château de Grandchamp-le-Château, built in the 18th century in Calvados, combines classical stone-brick architecture and a half-timbered pavilion of the 15th to 16th centuries, classified as a historical monument.

Château Médiéval et Renaissance
14480 Creully sur Seulles

Creully Castle, a former castle from the 12th to the 17th century, dominates the Neulles in Normandy. Ranked a historic monument, it combines medieval architecture and Renaissance façade in Calvados.

Château fort
14700 Falaise

The castle of William the Conqueror, in Falaise, Normandy, is a castle fort of the Xth–XIIIth centuries, cradle of the Anglo-Norman dynasty and symbol of princely power, classified historical monument since 1840.

Château Médiéval et Renaissance
14100 Saint-Germain-de-Livet

The Château de Saint-Germain-de-Livet, built in the 15th and 16th centuries in Saint-Germain-de-Livet (Calvados), combines a house in medieval half-timbered and a Renaissance facade made of bricks and stones, surrounded by moats and gardens.

Château
14430 Victot-Pontfol

Victot Castle, built between the 13th and 19th centuries in Victot-Pontfol (Calvados), is an emblematic example of Norman Renaissance residence, surrounded by moat and protected by historical monuments.

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.