CLIPS OF CAEN CASTLE NORMANDY- WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR 1000 YEARS 1025-2025 FIRE WORKS AND LIGHT SHOW
We were lucky enough t be at the 1000 year 1025 celebrations of Caen Castle. The Castle of Willian the Conqueror of Normandy France. Great light show and fire works and the church bells chimed all over the City…fantastic !
CAEN CASTLE NORMANDIE – WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR 1000 YEARS 1025 TO 2025 FIRE WORKS AND LIGHT SHOW
https://musee-de-normandie.caen.fr/le-chateau-de-caen
20th March 2025
The castle was built c. 1060 by William the Conqueror (William of Normandy), who successfully conquered England in 1066. His son Henry I then built the Saint George’s church, a keep (1123) and a large hall for the ducal Court.
On Christmas 1182, a royal court celebration for Christmas in the Aula of Caen Castle brought together Henry II and his sons, the future kings of England Richard the Lionheart and John Lackland, receiving more than a thousand knights.
Caen Castle, along with all of Normandy, was recaptured by the French Crown in 1204. Philip II reinforced the fortifications.
The castle saw several engagements during the Hundred Years’ War (1346, 1417, 1450). The keep was pulled down in 1793 during the French Revolution, by order of the National Convention.
The castle, which was used as a barracks during World War II, was bombed in 1944 and seriously damaged.
In 1946, Michel de Boüard, an archeologist from Caen, decided to start excavations in the area of the castle to bring to the light medieval traces. The Musée des Beaux-Arts, which was installed in 1967, opened in 1971.
Now, you can gain access to a pass and tour the large castle, and visit the university located in the centre of the area.
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