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Ancienne abbaye aux Dames, actuellement siège du conseil régional de Basse-Normandie

Caen, Calvados, France

The record

Designation
Historic monument, classified (classé)
Protection
classé MH
Extent of protection
Eglise Sainte-Trinité : classement par liste de 1840 ; Ancienne abbaye : classement par arrêté du 24 juin 1976
Protection dates
1840 : classé MH, 1976/06/24 : classé MH
Type
abbaye
Main period of construction
12e siècle, 13e siècle, 3e quart 17e siècle, 19e siècle
Dates
1655
Ownership
propriété de la commune, propriété de la région
Address
place de la Reine-Mathilde
Commune
Caen
Département
Calvados
Region
Normandie
Country
France
Coordinates
49.18666, -0.35273
Mérimée reference
PA00111123

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1760 map "94 Bayeux, Caen." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

L'église de la Sainte-Trinité date des 12e, 13e et 19e siècles. L'ancienne abbaye est quant à elle du 3e quart 17e siècle.

English translation

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The Church of the Holy Trinity dates from the 12th, 13th and 19th centuries. The former abbey dates from the third quarter of the 17th century.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

Base Mérimée, Ministère de la Culture, data last updated 2026-09-17, reused under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab). Record text is reproduced unchanged. Ministère de la Culture · Licence Ouverte 2.0
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