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Caen is on the way to the Beaches, And the Caen castle is Where "William the Conquer" was Born. We wanted to go to Caen Township first but it was Market Day and Sunday so it was either closed or roadblocked off, so we went up Caen Castle A/ for the Views and B/ it was William the Conquer was born.  The Castle is one that has been built, destroyed, rebuilt so many times they are still doing archeology to find what actually happened there The Main Entrance is the 1700's, so quite young. The Castle walls were 14th and 15th Century. The Castle keep where William the Conquer was born has very little remaining and would have looked like the London Tower if it existed. The church though has survived for centuries The view from the top was of the city and the cathedral in the distance. We were on a tight schedule and has some Normandy beaches to go visit.  First was Juno Beach, there was a Tank that has since been restored These special tanks we