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Cathedral
Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Rouen
Gothic cathedral with a 151‑metre cast‑iron spire, the tallest in France. The façade was painted more than 30 times by Monet, at different times and in different lights.
Normandia · France Capital
Rouen
In the destination Normandy and Mont-Saint-Michel.
In the photo: Rue du Gros-Horloge · Rouen
Illustrative images. The pictures in this guide are illustrations based on the real place, not photographs, and may differ from it.
The city
What to expect from Rouen.
Capital of Normandy, on the banks of the Sena, Rouen has a historic centre of half-timbered houses, the Gothic cathedral painted by Monet, the Gros-Horloge clock and the Place du Vieux-Marché, where Joan of Arc was burned in 1431. The visit is rounded out by the Historial Jeanne d'Arc, the Musée des Beaux-Arts and the ossuary of the Aître Saint-Maclou. It's about an hour and a half by train from Paris.
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The local experience
What to see in Rouen
Monument
Gros-Horloge
14th-century astronomical clock mounted on a Renaissance arch over the busiest pedestrian street in Rouen, next to a bell tower that can be visited.
Square
Place du Vieux-Marché
Square where Joan of Arc was burned in 1431. Today it contains the Igreja de Santa Joana d'Arc, from 1979, with 16th-century stained glass, a covered market and restaurants in half-timbered houses.
Museum
Historial Jeanne d'Arc
Multimedia route about Joan of Arc in the former archbishops' palace next to the cathedral, where in 1456 the trial that rehabilitated the heroine was held.
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Museum
Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen
One of France's leading fine arts museums outside Paris, with Caravaggio, Delacroix, Géricault, Monet and Modigliani. Entry to the permanent collections is free.
Historical site
Aître Saint-Maclou
Former 16th-century cemetery and ossuary, with a courtyard surrounded by wooden galleries carved with scenes of the danse macabre. One of the rare ensembles of this type remaining in Europe.