Notre-Dame de Mortemer Abbey, founded in 1134 by King Henri Beauclerc, was the first Cistercian abbey in Normandy. Most of the original buildings dating from the 12th and 13th centuries are in ruins and were classified as historic monuments in 1966. The large residence is a 17th century building in good condition that houses the abbey museum.
Built between the 12th and 13th centuries, it bears witness to the Anglo-Norman style. During the Revolution, it was sold as a national asset. It will then become a cotton mill, then will be sold to the Salvation Army a few decades later.
The Church of Saint-Aubin is located in Mesnil-sous-Vienne, in Normandy. It was built in the 11th century, named in texts in the 13th and 14th centuries and largely rebuilt in the sixteenth century. The frame is vaulted on the four vessels of the building. A statue of St. Catherine of Alexandria (sixteenth century) is listed as an historic monument. The building is covered with an apparent frame and the outer walls are polychrome checkerboard.
Saint-Sauveur de Les-Andelys was built in 1225, on the ruins of a women's abbey of 511. It is, therefore, the oldest attested monastery in Upper Normandy. Works took place until the 17th century, followed by restoration in the 19th century.
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