Place Saint-Sauveur, Caen
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8 attractions · 8h 49min · transit route
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About Place Saint-Sauveur
Place Saint-Sauveur is one of Caen's oldest and most elegant historic squares, with continuous market activity documented since 1025. The square was transformed in the 18th century under Baron de Fontette's direction, replacing medieval buildings with harmonious neoclassical hôtels particuliers that still define its character today. At its center stands a colossal bronze statue of Louis XIV depicted as a Roman emperor, created by sculptor Louis Petitot in 1828 and installed in the square in 1961.
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In medieval times, the square was known as "Place du Pilori" (Pillory Square) because public executions were held here. Condemned prisoners would walk from the rue de Geôle prison up what locals grimly nicknamed "rue Monte-à-Regret" (Street of Climb with Regret or Street of No Return) to meet their fate. Even more macabre, corpses of suicide victims were publicly displayed hanging upside down from the gibbet as a warning.
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