{"id":6979,"date":"2024-08-04T13:06:46","date_gmt":"2024-08-04T13:06:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thetjoy.com\/?post_type=attraction&#038;p=6979"},"modified":"2026-05-16T09:02:30","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T09:02:30","slug":"caen-castle","status":"publish","type":"attraction","link":"https:\/\/thetjoy.com\/de\/attraction\/caen-castle\/","title":{"rendered":"Caen Castle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chateau de Caen is a 12<sup>th<\/sup> century Medieval castle built by William the Conqueror in the center of the town of Caen. The castle which was severely damaged in WWII overlooks the town with its 15<sup>th<\/sup> century massive fortification walls, stone towers, gates, and drawbridge, offering beautiful scenery of the town and its surroundings. On the castle grounds are the <a href=\"https:\/\/thetjoy.com\/de\/attraction\/the-museum-of-normandy\/\"><strong>Museum of Normandy<\/strong><\/a>, der <a href=\"https:\/\/thetjoy.com\/de\/attraction\/the-caen-museum-of-fine-arts\/\"><strong>Caen Fine Arts Museum<\/strong><\/a>, <strong>Saint George&#8217;s<\/strong> church, a vast park with green lawns, and more.<\/p>\n\n    <div class=\"xs_social_share_widget xs_share_url after_content \t\tmain_content  wslu-style-1 wslu-share-box-shaped wslu-fill-colored wslu-none wslu-share-horizontal wslu-theme-font-no wslu-main_content\">\n\n\t\t\n        <ul>\n\t\t\t        <\/ul>\n    <\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chateau de Caen is a 12th century Medieval castle built by William the Conqueror in the center of the town of Caen. The castle which was severely damaged in WWII overlooks the town with its 15th century massive fortification walls, stone towers, gates, and drawbridge, offering beautiful scenery of the town and its surroundings. On the castle grounds are the Museum of Normandy, the Caen Fine Arts Museum, Saint George&#8217;s church, a vast park with green lawns, and more. <\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","attraction-type":[13],"class_list":["post-6979","attraction","type-attraction","status-publish","hentry","attraction-type-castle"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Caen Castle Travel Guide | Travel with Joy<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Explore Caen Castle with medieval fortifications, historic museums, panoramic views and remarkable Norman heritage in France.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/thetjoy.com\/de\/attraction\/caen-castle\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"de_DE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" 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