Abbaye Saint-Martin, Troarn

Name: Abbaye Saint-Martin
Address: Troarn, France

#1 among attractions in Troarn

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Troarn Abbey was a Benedictine abbey in the French town of Troarn, now in the Calvados department of Lower Normandy. It was dedicated to Martin of Tours and founded by Roger I of Montgomery using twelve monks from Fécamp Abbey in 1022, as a satellite of that house. Around 1050 Roger II of Montgommery replaced this establishment with an independent Benedictine monastery. Its first church was dedicated in 1059. Roger II granted the monastery lands around Troarn, including the marshes and a series of parish churches, whilst his wife Mabille of Bellême granted it all the parish churches in Séez and William I of England added everything he had granted Mabille in England. ()

Local name: Abbaye Saint-Martin de Troarn Architectural style: GothicCoordinates: 49°10'54"N, 0°10'39"W

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Abbaye Saint-Martin – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Pegasus Bridge, Memorial Pegasus, Ranville War Cemetery, Mondeville 2.

6 miNW
Historic bridge and D-Day crossing point
Pegasus Bridge, Bénouville
154 min walk • Pegasus Bridge, a historical bascule bridge located in the city of Bénouville, France, is a site of profound World War II significance. This bridge, spanning the Caen Canal near the town of Ranville, played a pivotal role in the D-Day landings on June 6, 1944.
6 miNW
Monuments and statues, History museum, Historical place
Memorial Pegasus, Ranville
153 min walk • Memorial Pegasus at Ranville in Lower Normandy is a museum and memorial to the 6th Airborne Division in the Normandy landings and particular the capture of the Caen canal and Orne river bridges.
5 miNW
Cemetery
Ranville War Cemetery, Ranville
127 min walk • Ranville War Cemetery is a Second World War cemetery of Commonwealth soldiers in France, located in Ranville, 10 km north east of Caen, Normandy.
5.5 miW
Shopping, Shopping centre
Mondeville 2
141 min walk • Mondeville 2 is a shopping centre in Caen, France, and the largest of the Lower Normandy region. It is situated in the suburb of Caen in the town of Mondeville. The shopping centre was built by the Promodès group for its supermarket brand Continent and opened on 27 June 1995, replacing the older Supermonde which opened in 1970.
6 miNW
Forts and castles
Château de Bénouville, Bénouville
154 min walk • The Château de Bénouville is a building in Bénouville, Normandy, near Caen. It was designed in 1769 by architect Claude Nicolas Ledoux and built in 1770-74 and 1776-80 at the request of Hyppolite-François Sanguin, marquis of Livry and his marquise Thérèse Bonne Gillain de Bénouville, heiress of the property.
6.6 miNW
49°15'0"N • 0°16'50"W
Girafou, Bénouville
169 min walk • Amusement, Game and entertainment center, Theme park
5.3 miSE
Church
St. Martin's Church, Méry-Corbon
136 min walk • The Saint-Martin church is a Catholic church located in Méry-Bissières-en-Auge, France. Dating from the eleventh, twelfth and eighteenth centuries, it is registered as a historical monument.
5.7 miE
Church
St. George's Church
145 min walk • The Saint-Georges church is a Catholic building located in Hotot-en-Auge, France.
5.2 miNW
Forts and castles
Chateau de Guernon-Ranville, Ranville
133 min walk • The château de Guernon-Ranville is located in Le Bas de Ranville in the village of Ranville, in the Calvados region Calvados of Lower Normandy in France.
6.1 miNW
Harbor
Port of Caen, Caen
155 min walk • The Port of Caen is the harbour and port authority of the Norman city of Caen, France. The port of Caen is composed of a series of basins on the Canal de Caen à la Mer, linking Caen to Ouistreham, 15 km downstream, on the English Channel.
4.6 miS
Church
St. Anne's Church, Moult
118 min walk • Sainte-Anne de Moult Church is a Catholic church located in Moult-Chicheboville, France.