Selection of the most beautiful monuments in Orne

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.

Château de style Classique
61310 Le Bourg-Saint-Leonard

The château du Bourg-Saint-Léonard, built in the 18th century at Le Bourg-Saint-Léonard in the Orne, is a listed historical monument with protected works of art.

Château
61200 Argentan

The Dukes' Castle in Argentan, built in the 14th century on the remains of a fortress of the 12th century, was a seigneurial residence and then a courthouse in Normandy. Symbol of ducal and royal power, it dominates the city of Orne.

Château fort
61000 Alençon

The castle of the Dukes of Alençon, built from the 12th century in Alençon (Orne), was a key medieval fortress for the southern defence of Normandy. Its remains, classified in 1862, still bear witness to its strategic and architectural past.

Château
61100 Flers

The castle of Flers, surrounded by moat, is a 15th, 16th and 18th century residence located in Flers, Orne, Normandy. This historic monument combines Renaissance architecture and classical amenities, in the heart of a vast wooded park.

Château fort
61700 Domfront en Poiraie

Domfront Castle, built in the 11th century in Domfront in Poiraie (Orne, Normandy), is an ancient castle in ruins, witness to the medieval conflicts in Normandy. Its imposing Romanesque dungeon and its ramparts dominate the Varenne valley.

Château fort
61160 Gouffern en Auge

Chambois Castle, located in Gouffern in Normandy, is a 12th century medieval castle, famous for its well preserved Norman dungeon and its strategic role in the region.

Eglise romane et gothique
61550 Saint-Evroult-Notre-Dame-du-Bois

The abbey of Saint-Évroult, a former Benedictine abbey founded in the 7th century, stands in ruins in Saint-Evroult-Notre-Dame-du-Bois, Normandy. Its remains, partially classified, bear witness to a rich and turbulent medieval history, marked by reconstructions in the thirteenth, fifteenth, sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.