page_title: Caudebec-en-Caux
section_title: Sights
hierarchical_section_title: Caudebec-en-Caux / Sights
context_page_description: Caudebec-en-Caux is a former commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Rives-en-Seine.
context_section_description: The chief architectural interest of the town lies in its Flamboyant church, which was constructed during the 15th and the early 16th centuries. Round its top run balustrades formed of Gothic letters, which read as part of the Magnificat. Its west portal, the decoration of the spire of the tower, and its stained glass are among the features which make it one of the finest churches of the Rouen diocese.
  In the town are also
  Maison des Templiers (The Templars' House) from the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. The building was saved by a society set up for the purpose and houses a small museum of local archaeology and history. A domestic building of this period is a rarity.
  The former prison from the fourteenth century.
  Hôtel du Bailli, a town house.
  Hôtel de ville (Town Hall) from fround 1800.
  The riverside embankments (Les Quais).
  Musée de la marine de Seine, on the history of river navigation.
  Just outside the town:
  Château d'Etelan a renaissance château overlooking the final loop of the river Seine
  The short length of riverside road between Caudebec and St Wandrille, passes under the Pont de Brotonne, a high-level cable-stayed bridge.
  Monument du Latham 47
  Fontenelle Abbey (Abbaye de Saint-Wandrille), in the nearby village of Saint-Wandrille-Rançon.
caption: The Notre-Dame Church of Caudebec-en-Caux. Notice in the background, the slope down from the chalk plateau of the Pays de Caux to the Seine estuary.
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