Caen: Abbaye aux Homme

Caen

Images taken during a visit to Caen for the European coin find meeting.
Caen: Abbaye aux Homme

Caen: Abbaye aux Homme

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View across the nave to show the Norman arcading. Taken with a Pentax 28mm shift lens on a K-3.
Caen: Abbaye aux Homme

Caen: Abbaye aux Homme

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William the Conqueror's tomb in the Abbaye aux Homme, Caen. Apparently, most of the bones are missing! Pentax K-3 with a SMC Pentax-DA 12-24mm lens.
Caen: ECFN group picture

Caen: ECFN group picture

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Some members of the European Coin Find Network meeting on a trip to Vieux-la-Romaine.
Vieux-la-Romaine: domus

Vieux-la-Romaine: domus

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The large Roman house or domus at Vieux-la-Romaine. Pentax K-3, SMC Pentax-DA 12-24mm lens.
Vieux-la-Romaine: wall painting

Vieux-la-Romaine: wall painting

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A wall painting in the museum of Vieux-la-Romaine.
Caen: Abbaye aux Dames

Caen: Abbaye aux Dames

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The west front front of the Abbaye aux Dames in Caen. There was a wedding going on so I couldn't photograph inside. Pentax K-3, 28mm shift lens.
Caen: Abbaye aux Homme

Caen: Abbaye aux Homme

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The nave of the Abbaye aux Homme in Caen. The photograph was taken with a Pentax K-3, a SMC Pentax 28mm f/3.5 shift lens mounted on a tripod.
Caen: Abbaye aux Homme

Caen: Abbaye aux Homme

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The north aisle of the Abbaye aux Homme in Caen. Pentax K-3, SMC Pentax 28mm f/3.5 shift lens, tripod.
Caen: hinge

Caen: hinge

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Hinge of one of the doors of the Abbaye aux Dames, Caen.
Caen: Abbaye aux Dames

Caen: Abbaye aux Dames

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This image of the abbey is two shots taken using my 28mm shift lens on a K-3 and then merged in photoshop.
Caen: Vieux-les-Romaine

Caen: Vieux-les-Romaine

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A mural of fish from the Grand House at Vieux-les-Romaine, a little way outside Caen.
Vieux-les-Romaine: four poster

Vieux-les-Romaine: four poster

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A reconstruction of a late Iron Age four-poster structure at Vieux-les-Romaine.
Vieux-les-Romaines: mosaic

Vieux-les-Romaines: mosaic

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This mosaic comes from the Grand House at Vieux. There is an excellent movie showing it being lifted on the museum website.
Vieux-les-Romaines tour

Vieux-les-Romaines tour

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Nicola Coulthard gives a guided tour of the excavations of the forum complex at Vieux.
Vieux-les-Romaines: stratigraphy

Vieux-les-Romaines: stratigraphy

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It isn't often stratigraphy is this clear!
Vieux-les-Romaines: U shaped building

Vieux-les-Romaines: U shaped building

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Is it a cellar? Is it a cistern? Nicola Coulthard gives a tour of the U-shaped building at Vieux-les-Romaines.
Vieux-les-Romaines: Curia

Vieux-les-Romaines: Curia

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Nicola Coulthard gives a tour of the excavation of the curia at Vieux-les-Romaines, Calvados, France.