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The Mémorial de Caen is a museum and war memorial in Caen, Normandy, France commemorating World War II and the Battle for Caen. More generally, the museum is dedicated to the history of the twentieth century, mainly focused on the fragility of peace. Its intention is "pay a tribute to the martyred city of the liberation" but also to tell "what ...
The Diocese of Bayeux and Lisieux (Latin: Dioecesis Baiocensis et Lexoviensis; French: Diocèse de Bayeux et Lisieux) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in France. It is coextensive with the Department of Calvados and is a suffragan to the Archdiocese of Rouen , also in Normandy .
The Texas Catholic Church comprises 15 Latin Church dioceses and one personal ordinariate led by a bishop. The 15 Latin dioceses are divided into two ecclesiastical provinces . Each province has a metropolitan archdiocese led by an archbishop , and six, Galveston-Houston, or seven, San Antonio, suffragan dioceses.
Bayeux Cathedral, also known as Cathedral of Our Lady of Bayeux (French: Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Bayeux), is a Roman Catholic church located in the town of Bayeux in Normandy, France. A national monument , it is the seat of the Bishop of Bayeux and Lisieux and was probably the original home of the Bayeux Tapestry , still preserved nearby.
The Church of Saint-Sauveur is a Roman Catholic church in the historic center of Caen, France. Prior to 1802, it was known as "Notre-Dame-de-Froide-Rue". Since then, the church has been dedicated to the Holy Saviour (Jesus Christ). The church has been listed as a historical monument since 1889. [1]
The church of Saint-Jean de Caen is the parish church of the Saint-Jean district in Caen, France. It was classified as a historical monument in the list of French historic monuments protected in 1840 .
The first references to the name of Caen are found in different acts of the dukes of Normandy: Cadon 1021/1025, [7] Cadumus 1025, [8] Cathim 1026/1027. [9] Year 1070 of the Parker manuscript [10] of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle refers to Caen as Kadum, [11] and year 1086 of the Laud manuscript [12] gives the name as Caþum. [13]
The landings at Normandy, the battle and the Second World War are remembered today with many memorials; Caen hosts the Mémorial with a peace museum (Musée de la paix). The museum was built by the city of Caen on top of where the bunker of General Wilhelm Richter, the commander of the 716th Infantry Division, was located.