Chateau de Caen

The Chateau de Caen is a mansion in the Norman city of Caen in the Calvados department. It has been authoritatively classed as a Monument historique since 1886. The palace was built on a hillock and is currently amidst the city. With a zone of 5.5 hectares, it is one of the biggest mansions in Western Europe. It remained a fundamental element of Norman methodology and approach. The highest point of the bulwarks offers an impressive perspective on Caen.

Since March 2004, the town of Caen has experienced the reclamation of the defenses, with the budgetary help of the ERDF. This task has uncovered the basement of a private place of the 15th century which still has its firehouse, a powder magazine and two dividers of a manufacture of the 14th century. Hints of the stables have likewise been found. The base of the keep has been cleared, and individuals are as yet taking a shot at unearthings around it.

Today, the palace fills in as an exhibition hall that houses

• The Caen Museum of Fine Arts of Caen

• The Musee de Normandie Museum of Normandy alongside numerous periodical shows about expressions and history, in the manor habitation;

• Holy person George's congregation;

• The Echiquier de Normandie Exchequer of Normandy, utilized as an impermanent lobby of shows, which situated the Court of Normandy;

• A greenery enclosure appearing developed in the Middle Ages.