page_title: Caen stone
hierarchical_section_title: Caen stone
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Chevet de l'église Saint-Pierre de Caen, en cours de restauration in 2006. English: Chevet of Saint-Pierre church in Caen, France, while being restored in 2006.
context_page_description: Caen stone, is a light creamy-yellow Jurassic limestone quarried in north-western France near the city of Caen. The limestone is a fine grained oolitic limestone formed in shallow water lagoons in the Bathonian Age about 167 million years ago. The stone is homogeneous, and therefore suitable for carving.
context_section_description: Caen stone (French: Pierre de Caen), is a light creamy-yellow Jurassic limestone quarried in north-western France near the city of Caen. The limestone is a fine grained oolitic limestone formed in shallow water lagoons in the Bathonian Age about 167 million years ago. The stone is homogeneous, and therefore suitable for carving.
caption: Church of Saint-Pierre, Caen. The restoration of the chevet shows the original colour of the stone.
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