Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Château fort, actuellement collège
Falaise, Calvados, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, classified (classé)
- Protection
- classé MH
- Extent of protection
- Château : classement par liste de 1840
- Protection dates
- 1840 : classé MH
- Type
- château
- Main period of construction
- 10e siècle, 12e siècle, 13e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune
- Commune
- Falaise
- Département
- Calvados
- Region
- Normandie
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 48.89346, -0.20508
- Mérimée reference
- PA00111309
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesIGN France — GéoportailDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1759 map "62 Argentan, Falaise." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Château natal de Guillaume le Conquérant.
English translation
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History
Birthplace château of William the Conqueror.
Nearby in the register
- Statue de Guillaume le Conquérantmonumentunder 1 mi
- Place Guillaume-le-Conquérantplaceunder 1 mi
- Église de la Trinitéégliseunder 1 mi
- Ancien Hôtel-Dieuhôtel-Dieuunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.