Calvados

Department of France

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2024 Statue of William the Conqueror, created by Louis Rochet, was listed as a monument.
December 2022 Micro-Folie de Falaise – Espace André Lemaitre was added to the André Lemaître Museum, providing digital access to 2,500 art works from 12 major French museums.
2016 Memorial des Civils dans La Guerre histoire was inaugurated, commemorating civilian life during World War II and honoring the 20,000 civilians killed during the Battle of Normandy.
2010 Covered market, built in 1953 to replace the old grain hall destroyed during the war, was listed as a monument.
2010 Louis Liard Lycée, a secondary school for boys built in the third quarter of the 20th century after World War 2 destruction, was listed as a monument.

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