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Abbaye aux Dames
The Abbaye aux Dames, at the eastern end of rue des Chanoines, incorporates the Église de la Trinité. Access to the abbey, which houses regional government offices, is by guided tour only. Look for Matilda's tomb behind the main altar.
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Abbaye aux Hommes
Caen's two Romanesque abbeys were built by William the Conqueror and his wife, Matilda of Flanders, after the distant cousins had been absolved by the Roman Catholic church for marrying. The Abbaye aux Hommes, with its multiturreted Église St-Étienne, is at the end of rue Écuyère and was William's final resting place. The tomb was destroyed in turn by a 16th-century Calvinist mob and by 18th-century revolutionaries - a solitary thighbone is all that's left of Will's mortal remains. The convent buildings are today home to the town hall.
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Caen Castle
Looming over the city centre and surrounded by a dry moat, Château de Caen was founded by William the Conqueror in 1060 and extended by his son Henry I. Wander around the ramparts and historic buildings, and visit the Jardin des Simples , a garden of medicinal herbs cultivated during the Middle Ages. But beware, some are poisonous!
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Château de Caen
Looming above the centre of the city from a domed hilltop, and surrounded by a dry moat, the Château de Caen was founded by William the Conqueror in 1060 and extended by his son Henry I. It has been used over the centuries by royals, revolutionaries, townsfolk and the military.
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Mémorial - Un Musée pour la Paix
Located in a vast multilevel edifice on Esplanade Dwight Eisenhower, 3km northwest of the City Centre, Caen's high-tech museum, Mémorial - Un Musée pour la Paix, provides an outstanding and vivid account of the Battle of Normandy and the challenges to world peace from WWII to today.
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Musée de Normandie
The Jardin des Simples is a garden of medicinal and aromatic herbs cultivated during the Middle Ages - some of which are poisonous. A book (written in French) on the garden is on sale inside the Musée de Normandie, which contains historical artefacts illustrating traditional life in Normandy.
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Musée des Beaux-Arts
The Musée des Beaux-Arts is based in a modern building near the chateau, and provides a whistlestop tour through the history of art from the 15th to 20th centuries. The collection includes works by Rubens, Van Dyck, Géricault, Delacroix and Rembrandt, among many others.
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