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Must See
3 "'
Abbaye-aux-Hommes
⌂ Espl Jean-Marie Louvel
§ 02 31 30 42 81 # 9:30am–
7pm daily ¢ Main public
hols
Now used as the city’s town
hall, the Abbey for Men was
com mis sioned by William the
Conquerer in 1063. The hand­
some abbey church, Eglise St­
Etienne, is a masterpiece of
Norman design, crowned with
13th­century spires. THE BATTLE OF
NORMANDY
During World War II, the
Allies had planned to
An aerial view over the 4 "' capture Caen on D-Day,
rooftops and Norman Abbaye-aux-Dames but in the end the city
churches of Caen only fell to British and
⌂ Pl de la Reine Mathilde
§ 02 31 06 98 45 # 8am– Canadian troops after
6pm daily (from 2pm Sat & a month of fighting.
During the battle, the
Musée de Normandie Sun) ¢ Main public hols extensive bombing and
# 9:30am–6pm Wed–Fri; The Abbey for Women was ground combat
11am–6pm Sat & Sun founded by William the destroyed 70 per cent
∑ musee-de-normandie.fr Conquerer’s queen, Matilda, in of the city and killed
1060 and was consecrated six about 2,000 French
Musée de Beaux-Arts years later. Queen Matilda is civilians, almost four
# 9:30am–6pm daily ¢ Main buried here in the choir under per cent of the city.
public hols ∑ mba.caen.fr a slab of black marble.

Mémorial de Caen
1.5km (1 mile) UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN
CALMETTE
Jardin des
G AILL ON
Plantes RUE BOSNIÉRES RUE DU ESPLANADE LEON LECORNU
RUE
PAIX
R. DU VAUGUEUX RUE DE LA PIGACIERE AVE. G CLEMENCEAU
Abbaye-
aux-
Dames
Château
PLACE Musée de de Caen RUE DES CORDES PL. DE LA
Cimetière des DE LA Normandie REINE
Quatre- MARE MATHILDE
Nations Musée des VAUGUEUX
R UE GEMAR E RUE DESMOUEUX
RUE DES ROSIERS
PLACE R U E D E G E Ô L E Beaux-Arts RU E DE S C HA N OI NE S Eglise de
DU CANADA RUE G E MARE la Trinité
RUE LE LES FOSSES ST-JULIEN RUE DES R. DES CROISIERS PLACE RUE MONTOIR SQUARE Tour Leroy
VERRIER
R U E B A S S E
CORDELIERS
POISSONNERIE
RUE DU VAUGUEUX
AVE DU CANADA
ST-PIERRE
PLACE
R. ST-MANVIEU RUE ST-SAUVEUR
St-Pierre
RUE RICHARD LENOIR
ALLIES
Aéroport RUE PASTEUR RUE GEMARE LETELLIER Eglise BD DES RUE NEUVE ST-JEAN COURTONNE QUAI DE LA LONDE
7 km (4 miles) PLACE R U E S T - P I E R R E Q U A I V E N D E U V R E
Bassin St-Pierre
Eglise St- ST-SAUVEUR RUE DE BERNIERES RUE DE LA MISERICORDE
Étienne RUE EC UYER E R U E D E B R A S RU E ST-J E A N AV E DU 6 JU I N
Abbaye-aux- PLACE DE LA BLVD M . LECLERC Eglise R UE DES CARMES
REPUBLIQUE
Hommes St-Jean
PLACE R UE S T-L AU REN T R U E DE STRASBOURG RUE DES JACOBINS
L. GUILLOUARD BOULEVARD BERTRAND RUE D E L’ O RATO I R E PLACE DE LA
PLACE RUE DES CARMELITES RESISTANCE
GAMBETTA
PLACE R UE J . ROM A IN AV E DU 6 JUI N
0 metres 300 N GARDIN RUE S. CARNOT
PLACE
0 yards 300 MARÉCHAL FOCH Gare SNCF / Routière
600 m (650 yards)
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