Region

Normandie

5 monuments listed

Le Mont-Saint-Michel · Normandie

Mont-Saint-Michel

A granite jewel rising from the Normandy waves, Mont-Saint-Michel combines a thousand-year-old Benedictine abbey with a well-preserved medieval village. A pilgrimage for the soul and the eyes, listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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Falaise · Normandie

Château de Falaise

Falaise Castle, also known as Château Guillaume-le-Conquérant, is an ancient 10th-century fortified castle in the French commune of Falaise, in the Calvados département in the Normandy region. It was the birthplace of the future Conqueror and one of his main residences.

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Jumièges · Normandie

Abbaye de Jumièges

Notre-Dame de Jumièges Abbey is an ancient Benedictine abbey founded by Saint Philibert, son of a Frankish count of Vasconia, around 654 on a royal tax estate at Jumièges, now in the Seine-Maritime département. It applied the rule of Saint Benedict from the end of the 7th century, a

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Caen · Normandie

Château de Caen

Caen Castle is a fortified complex in Caen's old city centre, standing on a rocky outcrop in the French commune of Caen, in the Calvados department in the Normandy region. Founded around 1060 by Duke William of Normandy, it has been modified over the centuries.

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Les Andelys · Normandie

Château Gaillard

Standing on its rocky outcrop overlooking the Seine, Château Gaillard is Richard the Lionheart's military masterpiece, an indomitable symbol of Franco-English rivalry at the turn of the 13th century.