page_title: Argentan
section_title: Main sights
hierarchical_section_title: Argentan / Main sights
caption_attribution_description: English: Doorway to a hotel particulaire on Rue de la Vieille Prison
context_page_description: Argentan is a commune and the seat of two cantons and of an arrondissement in the Orne department in northwestern France.
  Argentan is located 180 km NE of Rennes, 131 km ENE of the Mont Saint-Michel, 188 km SE of Cherbourg, 58 km SSE of Caen, 133 km SW of Rouen and 100 km N of Le Mans.
context_section_description: Donjon of Argentan
  Tour Marguerite, a medieval tower
  Ducal Castle (14th century), now a Court House. It houses the St. Nicholas Chapels (late 11th century), built by Pierre II of Alençon
  Saint Martin church (15th–16th centuries)
  Saint Germain church (16th–18th centuries)
  Saint Roch Chapel
  Museum of the Argentan lace
caption: Birthplace of André Mare (1885-1935) Painter and decorator. Cofounder, with Louis SÛE, of the Compagnie the Arts Française. Corner of rue de la Vieille Prison and rue Pierre Ozenne.
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