Caen it combines historical wealth and modernity, it is also an attractive city by its port, its peatonales streets, its parks and gardens. Located to the northwest of France and crossed by the Orne river, it is the biggest city and the capital of the regions Baja Normandía and the Department of Calvados.

Caen whatever with historical an important number of monument, being most important:

The Abbey to the Men (Abbaye aux Hommes), at the moment the City council, and its church of San Esteban (Saint-Etienne) where rest the rest of Guillermo the Conqueror and Duke of Normandía. They date from century XI, but they were recovered in the XVIII and after the bombings of 1944, they agglutinate styles harmoniously Romanesque, gothic and classic. The abbey has an important painting collection of the century XVII, XVIII and XIX, and stays decorated with wood panels of oak of century XVIII of style Luis XV and Luis XVI.
The Abbey to the Ladies (Abbaye aux Dames) and its church of the Trinidad (Trinité) where rest the rest of Matilde de Flandes, wife of Guillermo the Conqueror. Normanda is a masterpiece of the románica architecture, to emphasize claustro, the great stairs, cripta and the tomb of Matilde. At the moment it lodges the Regional Council of Baja Normandía and next to him the Park is located d'Ornano Michel, old Saint-Louis Park, of French style of century XVIII it includes/understands 5.5 hectares and it offers a beautiful panoramic Vista of the city.
The church of San Pedro (Saint-Pierre), in front of Castillo Ducal is at the moment in restoration.
The church of San Juan (Saint-Jean), presented/displayed disorders from the beginnings of its construction when being located on old marshy lands, which caused the cease of the construction of the central tower in century XVI.
castillo Ducal de Guillermo the Conqueror, lodges in its enclosure several museums and the church of the Saint-Georges that has been transformed into temporary exhibition hall. Some walls are being recovered and reconstructed, the archaeological excavations have found an old passage of exit by the west and houses of the medieval time.