Caen Travel: France
Caen is a city and a commune of northwestern France. It is the prfecture (administrative capital) of the Calvados dpartement, and the capital of the administrative Basse-Normandie (Lower Normandy) rgion. Population 115,000. Caen is known in particular for its historical buildings built under William the Conqueror.
Monuments in Caen
Castle
The castle (Chteau de Caen), built ca. 1060 by William the Conqueror, who successfully conquered England in 1066, is one of the largest medieval fortresses of Western Europe. It remained an essential feature of Norman strategy and policy. At Christmas 1182 a royal court celebration for Christmas in the aula of Caen Castle brought together, Henry II and his sons, Richard Cur de Lion and Jean sans Terre, receiving more than a thousand knights. Caen Castle and all Normandy was delivered to the French Crown in 1204. The castle saw several engagements during the Hundred Years War (1346, 1417, 1450) and was in use as a barracks as late as World War II. Today it serves as a museum enclosure. (See Timeline of Caen Castle)
Related Travel Information
The Garden is located 35 km south east of caen. It was re-designed by barrister who knew Horace Walpole. The layout is best understood as a French interpretation of the Augustan style, like chiswick park. It has an axis leading from the house across a grass partene and an axial woodland ornamented with small temples including the Temple de la pleureuse and a chinesse pavillion.
Contact Address
Chateau de canon,
Chateau de canon
4270 Mezidon-canon,
France
Opening Dates and times
Jun-Sept : Sat-sun : 2.00 pm-6.00 pm
July : Sat-sun : 2.00 pm - 7.00 pm
Admission : Entrace fee
(Subject to Change)
Tourcoing Travel: France
ourcoing is a city and commune of northern France, in the Nord département, located near the cities of Lille and Roubaix and the Belgian border. Population (1999): 94,204.
Roubaix Travel: France
Roubaix is a city of northern France, in the Nord département, located near the cities of Lille and Tourcoing and the Belgian border. Population (1999): 96,984.
Many years ago there was a 1:1 reproduction of one of the famous caves of Lascaux (France), which cannot be visited, at the Roemer-Pelizaeus-Museum. Lascaux apparently has incredible reproductions of cave paintings.
Contact Address
Grote de Lascaux, Semitour Perigord,
25 rue du President Wilson,
BP 1024, 24001 Periguex Cedex,
France
Ph. : (05) 5335 5010, Fax : (05) 5306 3094
Opening Dates and times
Sept-Jun : Tues-sun : 09.30-18.30 pm
July-Aug : Daily : 09.00-20.00 pm
Entrace Fees are FFr50 for adults, FFr25 for child bet 6-12 yr and Free for child under 6.
Saint-Nazaire Travel: France
Saint-Nazaire is a city and commune in the Loire-Atlantique département of France, of which it is a sous-préfecture. It is a major harbor, on the right bank of the Loire river estuary, near the Atlantic Ocean.
