Selection of the most beautiful monuments in Normandy

Château de style Louis XII
27600 Gaillon

The Château de Gaillon, France's first Renaissance building (1500-1509), stands in Gaillon, Normandy. Former medieval fortress transformed into an episcopal residence, it embodies the transition between flamboyant Gothic and Italian art.

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.

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
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.

Eglise gothique
61400 Mortagne-au-Perche

The church of Notre-Dame de Mortagne-au-Perche, built between 1494 and 1535, is a flamboyant Gothic jewel located in the Orne in Normandy. Rebuilt after the Hundred Years' War, it dominates the city with its iconic architecture.

Château de style Classique
61310 Gouffern en Auge

Le Haras national du Pin, nicknamed the "Pony Versailles", is an 18th-century royal stud in Pin-au-Haras (Orne, Normandy), famous for its classical architecture and its historical role in French equine breeding.