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Caen La Mer: Markets, monuments, museums and memorials 16 | The Good Life France
Think of Caen and most likely the things that pop into your mind will include William the Conqueror, whose power base was here, and Caen Memorial. Caen is the biggest city in, as well as the capital of, lower Normandy. It’s a town with a vibrant vibe, history, grand architecture, a fantastic foodie culture and a real community spirit – it’s all about the markets. There is a market every day of the week here but the two big ones are on Friday and Sunday mornings… The Market of Saint-Sauveur The Friday morning market in Place Saint- Sauveur is a stone’s throw from the famous Abbaye aux Hommes, built as a penance by William the Conqueror. The Pope excommunicated the then Duke of Normandy for marrying his cousin Matilda of Flanders in 1053, but he was forgiven by founding the Abbey in 1063, whilst Matilda founded the nearby Abbaye aux Dames in about 1060. Both buildings, each to the side of the castle of Caen, were paid for with booty stolen from England. And both Matilda and William were interred in their abbeys. Marble plaques mark the spots, though William’s now only contains a single thigh bone, the rest of his bones were scattered during the French Revolution. The Good Life France | 17
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