Château de Bénouville
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Castle
- Description: building in Normandy, France
- Also known as: “Chateau de Benouville”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Pegasus Bridge and Memorial Pegasus.
Pegasus Bridge
Bridge
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Pegasus Bridge, originally called the Bénouville Bridge after the neighbouring village, is a road crossing over the Caen Canal, between Caen and Ouistreham in Normandy. Pegasus Bridge is situated 1 km northeast of Château de Bénouville.
Memorial Pegasus
Museum
Photo: Patrbe, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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. Memorial Pegasus is situated 1 km northeast of Château de Bénouville.
Town hall of Bénouville
Town hall
Photo: Iain Cameron, CC BY 2.0.
Town hall of Bénouville is situated 760 metres north of Château de Bénouville.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ranville and Saint-Aubin-d’Arquenay.
Ranville
Village
Photo: ChBougui, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ranville is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. Ranville was the first French village liberated on D-Day.
Saint-Aubin-d’Arquenay
Village
Photo: Roi.dagobert, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Saint-Aubin-d'Arquenay is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. Saint-Aubin-d’Arquenay is situated 3 km north of Château de Bénouville.
Hérouvillette
Village
Photo: Roi.dagobert, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hérouvillette is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. Hérouvillette is situated 3½ km southeast of Château de Bénouville.
Château de Bénouville
- Categories: château, building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Bénouville, Arrondissement of Caen, Calvados, Normandy, France, Europe
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Latitude
49.23658° or 49° 14′ 12″ northLongitude
-0.28145° or 0° 16′ 53″ westElevation
5 metres (16 feet)Inception
15th centuryOpen location code
8CXX6PP9+JCOpenStreetMap ID
way 109429798OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=castle
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Ukrainian—“Château de Bénouville” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Бенувил (замък)”
- Bulgarian: “Бенувил”
- Chinese: “贝努维尔城堡”
- Dutch: “Château de Bénouville”
- French: “chateau de Benouville”
- French: “château de Bénouville”
- French: “Château de Bénouville”
- Irish: “Château de Bénouville”
- Russian: “замок Бенувиль”
- Swedish: “Château de Bénouville”
- Ukrainian: “Шато де Бенувіль”
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