Church of Vieux Saint-Sauveur de Caen

In 1698, the cemetery surrounding the church was moved to enlarge the Place Saint-Sauveur; the place left free on the street of the Chain (current Pasteur Street) and the rue Saint-Sauveur is then invaded by houses that come to lean on the church.

The royal ordinance of 12 July 1791 effectively closed the church, but its title was ceded to Notre-Dame de Froide-Rue, which then took the name of Saint-Sauveur.

On 9 August 1837, the city council decided that the spire built in the sixteenth century had to be demolished[3] because of its dilapidated state, despite protests from Caen's inhabitants at the time.

The destruction of the Palace of Faculties helped to clear the view of the surroundings of the church, a public garden having been built in its location.

Since the end of the 1980s, it has been the subject of numerous restorations (flying buttresses, choir and lately, cross of the transept).