Editing Caen (section)

===Castle===
The castle, the [[Château de Caen]], built {{Circa|1060}} by William the Conqueror, who successfully [[Norman Conquest of England|conquered England]] in 1066, is one of the largest medieval fortresses of Western Europe. It remained an essential feature of [[Norman dynasty|Norman]] strategy and policy. At Christmas 1182, a [[royal court]] celebration for Christmas in the [[wikt:Special:Search/aula|aula]] of Caen Castle brought together [[Henry II of England|Henry II]] and his sons, [[Richard I of England|Richard the Lionheart]] and [[John of England|John Lackland]], receiving more than a thousand knights. Caen Castle, along with all of Normandy, was handed over to the French Crown in 1204. The castle saw several engagements during the [[Hundred Years' War]] (1346, 1417, 1450) and was in use as a barracks as late as the Second World War. Bullet holes are visible on the walls of the castle where members of the [[French Resistance]] were shot during the Second World War. Today, the castle serves as a museum that houses the ''Musée des Beaux-Arts de Caen'' (Museum of [[Fine art|Fine Arts]] of Caen) and ''Musée de Normandie'' (Museum of Normandy) along with many periodical exhibitions about arts and history. (See {{Cite web |title=Timeline of Caen Castle |url=http://www.ville-caen.fr/mdn/RedecouvChateau/chronoGB.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060213224638/http://www.ville-caen.fr/mdn/RedecouvChateau/chronoGB.htm |archive-date=13 February 2006 |access-date=28 August 2004}})