Selection of the most beautiful monuments in Normandy

Château de style néo-classique et palladien
14970 Bénouville

Bénouville Castle, an 18th-century neoclassical masterpiece designed by Claude-Nicolas Ledoux, stands in Bénouville, Normandy. Ranked a historic monument, it combines bold architecture and key role during the Resistance.

Eglise romane
14000 Caen

L'abbaye aux Dames de Caen, ancienne abbaye bénédictine du XIe siècle, fondée par Guillaume le Conquérant et Mathilde de Flandre, abrite aujourd’hui le conseil régional de Normandie. Son église conserve le tombeau de Mathilde.

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.

Grand hôtel classé MH
14390 Cabourg

The Grand Hôtel de Cabourg, an iconic building of the Belle Époque, is a luxury hotel from the 3rd quarter of the 19th and early 20th centuries, located in Cabourg, Normandy, famous for its architecture and its link with Marcel Proust.

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.

Porte-de-ville
14500 Vire Normandie

The Porte Horloge de Vire, an ancient 13th century fortified gate raised in belfry in 1480, is an emblematic vestige of the medieval ramparts of Vire Normandie, Normandy. Ranked a historic monument, it dominates the Viroese bocage with its 33 meters high.

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.

Eglise gothique
14280 Saint-Germain-la-Blanche-Herbe

The Abbey of Ardenne, a former pre-demonstrated abbey founded in the 12th century in Saint-Germain-la-Blanche-Herbe in Normandy, is a historical monument marked by reconstructions in the 13th, 17th and 18th centuries, today dedicated to contemporary editorial memory.