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Abbaye aux Hommes (Men's Abbey)
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based on 880 reviewsOpen Opens at 8:00-18:00
Recommended sightseeing time:1-3 hours
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Esplanade Jean Marie Louvel | Caen City Hall, 14027 Caen, FranceMap
Phone+33 2 31 30 42 81
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Caen Men's Monastery is an affiliated church, this monastery has a very long history, the initial history is 1066, it feels really good to come here to visit, it looks full of beauty, the monastery belongs to the Gothic architectural style, very good one of the attractions.
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The Caen Men's Abbey was built in the 11th century. It is a Roman-style building with some Gothic styles in the later period. It was donated by William the Conqueror and his wife Queen Matilda. The tower-shaped church of Saint-Etienne is the resting place of William, where his leg bones are buried.
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Caen Men's Monastery is an affiliated church, this monastery has a very long history, the initial history is 1066, it feels really good to come here to visit, it looks full of beauty, the monastery belongs to the Gothic architectural style, very good one of the attractions.
AbbayeauxHommes The men's monastery is grand and simple, and the women's monastery is the most representative Roman-style building in Normandy. It is a Benedictine conquest built by William the Conqueror and his wife Matilda. William is buried in the monastery and its tower-shaped church of Saint-Etienne glise Saint-tienne. Open hours 8:50-12:00, 14:00-19:30. Tickets for adults/student €2/1 (free on Sundays). 30 minutes walk from the train station.
The Abbey Church in Caen, Normandy, France, is now decommissioned. Built to give to St. Stephen's, the men's monastery and the adjacent women's monastery are considered the most iconic Romanesque architecture in Normandy.
This is the monastery of men, far from the women's monastery, in the previous calendar, the monastery was very strict.