Editing Falaise, Calvados (section)

===National heritage sites===

In addition to the castle Falaise has another 23 buildings and areas listed as a ''[[monument historique]]''.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://monumentum.fr/departement/14/calvados|title=Les Monuments Historiques en Calvados – 14 – Monumentum|website=monumentum.fr}}</ref> Three of these listed buildings, the old courthouse and two houses, are no longer remaining as were destroyed during [[World War II]].<ref name="auto"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://monumentum.fr/monument-historique/pa00111327/falaise-ancien-palais-de-justice|title=Ancien Palais de Justice à Falaise – PA00111327 – Monumentum|website=monumentum.fr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://monumentum.fr/monument-historique/pa00111323/falaise-maison-chapot|title=Maison Chapot à Falaise – PA00111323 – Monumentum|website=monumentum.fr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://monumentum.fr/monument-historique/pa00111324/falaise-maison-a-pans-de-bois|title=Maison à pans de bois à Falaise – PA00111324 – Monumentum|website=monumentum.fr}}</ref> Another three listed buildings are town houses from the sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://monumentum.fr/monument-historique/pa00111320/falaise-immeuble|title=Immeuble à Falaise – PA00111320 – Monumentum|website=monumentum.fr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://monumentum.fr/monument-historique/pa00111321/falaise-immeuble|title=Immeuble à Falaise – PA00111321 – Monumentum|website=monumentum.fr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://monumentum.fr/monument-historique/pa00111325/falaise-maison-du-16e-siecle|title=Maison du 16e siècle à Falaise – PA00111325 – Monumentum|website=monumentum.fr}}</ref> 
The remaining 17 listed sites are below:

*'''Château de la Fresnaye''' – a seventeenth-century chateau, home of Nicolas Vauquelin, that was listed as a monument in 1945.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://monumentum.fr/monument-historique/pa00111310/falaise-chateau-de-la-fresnaye|title=Château de la Fresnaye à Falaise – PA00111310 – Monumentum|website=monumentum.fr}}</ref> Since 1986 it has been owned by the city and is now used for hosting exhibitions.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.petitfute.co.uk/v4734-falaise-14700/c1173-visites-points-d-interet/c937-monuments/c949-chateau/169595-chateau-de-la-fresnaye.html|title=Castle – Château – FRESNAYE CASTLE – Falaise|website=www.petitfute.co.uk}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ouest-france.fr/normandie/falaise-14700/falaise-les-tresors-du-chateau-de-la-fresnaye-5926109|title=Falaise. Les trésors du château de la Fresnaye|first=Mariam|last=FOURNIER|date=17 August 2018|website=Ouest-France.fr}}</ref>
*'''[[Equestrian statue of William the Conqueror|Statue of William the Conqueror]]''' – a nineteenth-century statue, showing William the Conqueror, mounted on a horse, and carrying the [[Gonfalon]] which had been handed over to him by [[Pope Alexander II]].<ref name=stat>{{Cite web|url=https://monumentum.fr/monument-historique/pa14000067/falaise-statue-de-guillaume-le-conquerant|title=Statue de Guillaume le Conquérant à Falaise – PA14000067 – Monumentum|website=monumentum.fr}}</ref> The statue was created by Louis Rochet, and was listed as a monument in 2024.<ref name=stat/>
*'''Place Guillaume-le-Conquérant''' – The cobblestone floor surrounding the statue and leading to the castle was listed as a monument in 1935.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://monumentum.fr/monument-historique/pa00111328/falaise-place-guillaume-le-conquerant|title=Place Guillaume-le-Conquérant à Falaise – PA00111328 – Monumentum|website=monumentum.fr}}</ref>
*'''Old City walls''' – Remains of the 13th century and 17th century city walls, which were first listed as a monument in 1927.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://monumentum.fr/monument-historique/pa00111315/falaise-vestiges-de-lenceinte-fortifiee|title=Vestiges de l'enceinte fortifiée à Falaise – PA00111315 – Monumentum|website=monumentum.fr}}</ref>
*'''Covered market''' – Built in 1953 to replace the old grain hall which was destroyed during the war, the building was listed as a monument in 2010.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://monumentum.fr/monument-historique/pa14000092/falaise-marche-couvert|title=Marché couvert à Falaise – PA14000092 – Monumentum|website=monumentum.fr}}</ref>
*'''Mesnil-Besnard Manor''' – a 16th-century manor house listed as a monument in 1987.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://monumentum.fr/monument-historique/pa00111326/falaise-manoir-du-mesnil-besnard|title=Manoir du Mesnil-Besnard à Falaise – PA00111326 – Monumentum|website=monumentum.fr}}</ref>
*'''Hôtel-Dieu''' – a thirteenth century place for the sick and elderly to receive care.<ref name=mediatech>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mediatheque-cdcfalaise.fr/node/content/nid/188767|title=Un peu d'histoire|website=www.mediatheque-cdcfalaise.fr}}</ref> In 1764 it was converted to a chapel, which it remained as such until World War 2, when it was almost completely destroyed.<ref name=mediatech/> During the 1960s and 1970s it was completely restored and is now the Cities Library.<ref name=mediatech/> It was registered as a monument in 1927.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://monumentum.fr/monument-historique/pa00111317/falaise-ancien-hotel-dieu|title=Ancien Hôtel-Dieu à Falaise – PA00111317 – Monumentum|website=monumentum.fr}}</ref> 
*'''La Romaine Inn''' – Former seventeenth century hostel, that was listed as a monument in 1946.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://monumentum.fr/monument-historique/pa00111308/falaise-ancienne-auberge-de-la-romaine|title=Ancienne auberge de La Romaine à Falaise – PA00111308 – Monumentum|website=monumentum.fr}}</ref>
*'''Inn sign''' – a 17th-century carved stone sign for an Inn, listed as a monument in 1946.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://monumentum.fr/monument-historique/pa00111316/falaise-enseigne-dauberge|title=Enseigne d'auberge à Falaise – PA00111316 – Monumentum|website=monumentum.fr}}</ref>
*'''Guibray fair lodges''' – Former 18th century lodge house, registered as a monument in 1975.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://monumentum.fr/monument-historique/pa00111322/falaise-anciennes-loges-de-la-foire-de-guibray|title=Anciennes loges de la foire de Guibray à Falaise – PA00111322 – Monumentum|website=monumentum.fr}}</ref>
*'''Hotel Saint-Léonard''' – an 18th-century hotel that was listed as a monument in 1968.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://monumentum.fr/monument-historique/pa00111319/falaise-hotel-saint-leonard|title=Hôtel Saint-Léonard à Falaise – PA00111319 – Monumentum|website=monumentum.fr}}</ref>
*'''Les Rives Hotel''' – a former hotel built in the 18th century, that was recently discovered to be on top of medieval remains.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ouest-france.fr/normandie/falaise-14700/a-falaise-un-projet-dhabitat-participatif-interrompu-par-des-fouilles-archeologiques-696dad66-7eec-11ee-b253-15639905f92e|title=À Falaise, un projet d'habitat participatif interrompu par des fouilles archéologiques|first=Adrien|last=MASSON|date=29 November 2023|website=Ouest-France.fr}}</ref> The building was listed as a monument in 1967.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://monumentum.fr/monument-historique/pa00111318/falaise-hotel-dit-les-rives|title=Hôtel dit Les Rives à Falaise – PA00111318 – Monumentum|website=monumentum.fr}}</ref>
*'''Louis Liard Lycée''' – This secondary school for boys was built in the third quarter of the 20th century after the original school was destroyed in World War 2.<ref name=lycee>{{Cite web|url=https://monumentum.fr/monument-historique/pa14000091/falaise-lycee-louis-liard|title=Lycée Louis Liard à Falaise – PA14000091 – Monumentum|website=monumentum.fr}}</ref> The building was listed<!-- as what? --> in 2010.<ref name=lycee/>
*'''Church of Our Lady of Guibray''' – a 12th-century [[Romanesque architecture|Romanesque]] church listed as a monument in 1961.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://monumentum.fr/monument-historique/pa00111311/falaise-eglise-notre-dame-de-guibray|title=Eglise Notre-Dame de Guibray à Falaise – PA00111311 – Monumentum|website=monumentum.fr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.falaise-suissenormande.com/en/sites-et-musees/eglise-notre-dame-de-guibray/|title=Notre-Dame-de-Guibray church in FALAISE|date=1 January 2024|website=Falaise – Suisse Normande}}</ref>
*'''Church of Saint-Gervais-Saint-Protais''' – a twelfth-century church that's construction probably began shortly after the conquest of England in 1066, at the instigation of William the Conqueror.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.falaise-suissenormande.com/en/sites-et-musees/eglise-st-gervais-st-protais/|title=St Gervais St Protais church in FALAISE|date=1 January 2024|website=Falaise – Suisse Normande}}</ref> It was listed as a monument in 1862.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://monumentum.fr/monument-historique/pa00111312/falaise-eglise-saint-gervais-saint-protais|title=Eglise Saint-Gervais-Saint-Protais à Falaise – PA00111312 – Monumentum|website=monumentum.fr}}</ref>
*'''Church of St. Lawrence''' – a 12th-century church, built with donations from [[Matilda of Flanders]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.falaise-suissenormande.com/en/sites-et-musees/eglise-saint-laurent-de-falaise/|title=Church of Saint-Laurent de Falaise in FALAISE|date=1 January 2024|website=Falaise – Suisse Normande}}</ref> It was listed as a monument in 1927.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://monumentum.fr/monument-historique/pa00111313/falaise-eglise-saint-laurent|title=Eglise Saint-Laurent à Falaise – PA00111313 – Monumentum|website=monumentum.fr}}</ref>
*'''Holy Trinity Church''' – First built in 840 but it was destroyed during the siege of Philippe Auguste then rebuilt in 1204.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.falaise-suissenormande.com/en/sites-et-musees/eglise-de-la-trinite/|title=Holy Trinity Church in FALAISE|date=1 January 2024|website=Falaise – Suisse Normande}}</ref> It was listed<!-- as what? --> in 1889.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://monumentum.fr/monument-historique/pa00111314/falaise-eglise-de-la-trinite|title=Eglise de la Trinité à Falaise - PA00111314 - Monumentum|website=monumentum.fr}}</ref>