Museums • '''
Musée des Beaux-arts et de la Dentelle d'Alençon''' a
Museum of France dedicated to
point d'Alençon and art, that has been open since 1981. •
Maison natale de Sainte Thérèse - birthplace of Saint
Thérèse of Lisieux, with museum and basilica complex.
National heritage sites The Commune has 31 buildings and areas listed as a
Monument historique •
Le Château des Ducs is a Castle built in the Middle ages. •
Municipal Library was a former
Jesuit chapel built in 1620, it became the city's library in the 18th century. It was registered as a Monument in 1926. •
Café la Renaissance, built in 1855 the cafe, its interior decor is inspired by the
second French Renaissance, it was registered as a monument in 2009. •
Notre-Dame-de-Lorette Chapel is a seventeenth century chapel, it was registered as a monument in 1975. • '''
Basilica of Notre-Dame d'Alençon''' is a fifteenth century church, that was registered as a monument in 1862. •
Saint-Pierre church in the Montsor district is a church that was built in 1880, it features Mosaics made by the
Facchina workshop, it was registered as a monument in 2006. •
The Wheat Market (Halle aux blé) was built in 1812, featuring a 1000 m² glass dome, with a circumference of 110 metres, it was registered as a monument in 1975. •
Psychiatric hospital was built in 1774, and initially built as a hospital for the sick, the destitute, the prisoners and the mentally ill. After the revolution it was turned into a prison, then becoming a hospice, before finally becoming a psychiatric hospital. •
Hotel Libert is a hotel dating back to the 18th century, registered as a monument in 1947. •
Hotel Radigue is a hotel dating back to the 18th century, registered as a monument in 1960. The hotel was mentioned in the
Honoré de Balzac novel
La Vieille Fille. •
The Town Hall dates back to the 17th century and was registered as a monument in 1926. •
Saint-Pierre de Montsort Presbytery is a former hotel that might have served as a presbytery, it was built in 1639 and was listed as a monument in 1958. •
Saint-Léonard Lodging house is a seventeenth century house, designated as a monument in 1975. •
Pesche Pharmacy is a nineteenth century building with
neo-classical decor very characteristic of the 1820s-1830s, it was listed as a monument in 1987. •
Tribunal de commerce is a fifteenth century building used as a court house for Commercial matters, it was registered as a monument in 1958. •
City Ramparts remains of the old sixteenth century ramparts, reworked on in the nineteenth century, they were listed as a monument in 1971. •
House of Ozé a fifteenth century house, built entirely from granite. The house was registered as a monument in 1903, and now acts as the Tourist office for the Commune. There are a further eleven private buildings and houses listed as monuments with the commune. •
Water tower - Designed by architect
Maurice Novarina in 1964, in 2007 it was awarded the Architecture contemporaine remarquable label. •
Moulinex Building - former building belonging to
Moulinex and designed by architects
Maurice Novarina in 1964, 2007 saw the building awarded the Architecture contemporaine remarquable label. ==Education==