History The Benedictine Palace is in Fécamp, on Normandy's Alabaster Coast, set at the foot of the cliffs which look over the English Channel. The building is a subtle blend of extravagance and sobriety, and its daring design and originality cannot fail to amaze. Its founder, Alexandre Le Grand, wanted this place to be a hybrid in which art and industry could be as one. This is the reason why the Palace is both the production site for the Benedictine liqueur and a well renowned museum with a large collection of art from the 14th, 15th and 16th centuries and which regularly hosts modern art exhibitions. The Palace, designed by architect Camille Albert, was first inaugurated in 1888. It was destroyed by a fire four years later and immediately rebuilt in the form we see today, the eclectic blend of Gothic and renaissance art.