Art and Culture in Normandy

ALENCON
Musee de la Dentelle
French & European lace (17th to 20th century). Major lace collection featuring the famous Point dAlençon stitch.

BAYEUX
Tapisserie de Bayeux (Bayeux Tapestry) more info. This world-famous Medieval masterpiece, dating back to 1060, depicts the epic story of the conquest of England by William the Conqueror.

CAEN
Abbaye aux Hommes
Abbaye aux Dames
The twin abbeys were founded in the 11th century by William the Conqueror and his wife Mathilde de Flandre.

Memorial de Caen (Caen Memorial Museum)
This unique museum offers a thematic view of 20th-century history recalling the wars and reflecting on peace in the future.

DIEPPE
Musee du chateau (Museum of the Castle)
Located in the 15~-century château which overlooks the sea, the museum boasts an extraordinary collection of ivories and 19th-centuryEuropean paintings.

ETRETAT
Beach resort in a stunning and preserved setting of cliffs carved by the sea. The curious rock formations of l'Aiguille and Les Trois Portes are worth seeing.

FECAMP
Palais Benedictine (Benedictine Museum)
A museum devoted to the history of the liqueur's discovery and production by the Benedictine monks. Tastings complete the visits. Art gallery.

GIVERNY
Maison & jardin de Claude Monet (Claude Monet's House & Gardens)
The house where the famous Impressionist painter Claude Monet lived for 43 years has been preserved in its original state, as have the famous gardens.

JUMIEGE
Abbaye de Jumiege
The ruins of this Benedictine Abbey are among the oldest and most beautiful in France.

Mont Saint Michel
This world-famous Abbey perched on a 260-feet-high rock is one of the greatest attractions in Europe.

ROUEN
Cathedrale de Rouen
Monet immortalized this remarkable cathedral, displaying a juxtaposition of different Gothic styles in his series of Impressionist paintings.

VOMOUTIERS
Musee du Camembert (Camembert Museum)
This reconstitution of a cheese dairy displays objects and documents, which retrace the history of the famous Camembert cheese

THE LANDING BEACHES
On June 6th, 1944, Normandy made its mark in World History and became the battle ground for the greatest military operation of all times. An open-air museum in itself, it brings together all the sites, museums and places of remembrance, such as Omaha, Pointe du Hoc and Utah connected with D-Day and the ensuing conflict.