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EXPERIENCE Normandy

The thriving historic port
of Rouen, set on the
mighty River Seine

3 this museum, in the former
archbishop’s palace where
ROUEN she was sentenced.

! D2 ⌂ Seine Maritime k 11 km (7 miles) SE of Rouen 3
£ Gare Rive Droite, pl Bernard Tissot @ 25 rue des Eglise St-Maclou
Charrettes (02 35 52 52 52) n 25 pl de la Cathédrale;
∑ rouentourisme.com ⌂ 3 pl Barthélemy § 02 32 0 metres 200 N Gare SNCF Musée d’Histoire
100 m (90 yd)
Founded at the lowest point where the Seine could be 08 13 90 # 10am–6pm 0 yards 200 Tour Jeanne R. DE LA GLACIÈRE Naturelle
R U E J E A N N E D ' A R C
bridged, Rouen has prospered through maritime trade Mon, Sat & Sun B O U L E V A R D D E L A M A R N E R . DU D O N J ON d'Arc
and industrialization to become a rich and cultured Behind this Flamboyant R. DE L’ABBÉ COCHET DOCTEUR R UE D’ECO S SE RUE DULONG
PL. DU
RUE
city. Despite the severe damage of World War II, it Gothic church, the Aitre Musée Flaubert R. DU MOULINET Musée de la A. CERNÉ DES CARMÉLITES RUE DU
boasts a wealth of historic sights on its right bank. St-Maclou is a rare surviving 375 m (410 yd) R U E S T- P A T R I C E Céramique R. BOUVREUIL RUE DU CORDIER E B E A U V O I S I N E VERT BUISSON R U E L O U I S R I C A R D
example of a medieval ceme- ÉTOU PÉE RUE R U E D U M AULÉVRIER
tery for the burial of plague R U E J E A N - L E C A N U E T RU E D U SAC RE PLACE PLACE DE LA
RUE BEFFROY
delicate tracery. Many of the victims. The timbers of its SQUARE ST-GODARD ROUGEMARE
1 ' cathedral’s riches are accessible buildings, set around the RUE CAUCHOISE VERDREL ESPLANADE M. DUCHAMP Musée des R U RUE DE MONTBRET
Beaux-Arts
Cathédrale Notre- by guided tour only, including quadrangle, are carved with RU E D E FO NT E N EL L E
Dame Richard the Lionheart’s tomb; a macabre array of grinning R U E D ES B O N E NFANT S BASNAGES Musée le Secq RUE DE LA SEILLE R. BOURG-L’ABBE
RUE
des Tournelles
his heart was buried here. On skulls, crossed bones and R U E DE L’ANCIE N N E ALLÉE EUGÈNE R U E J E A
⌂ Pl de la Cathédral P RI SO N R U E EC UYE RE DELACROIX
Hôtel
# 7am–7pm daily summer nights a spect acular gravediggers’ implements. RU E GA N T E RIE RUE DE L'ÉCOLE de Ville
light show illuminates the
∑ cathedral-rouen.net Eglise RUE PERCIERE R. BEAUVOISINE N - L E C A N U E T PL ACE DU
cathedral façade. Ste-Jeanne R. DE LA POTERNE R. DES ARSINS DE GAULLE
GENER AL
This Gothic masterpiece is 4 d’Arc R U E D E S F O S S E S L O U I S V I I I
R UE GU IL LA U M E LE CON Q U ER ANT Palais
PLACE
dominated by the famous west DU VIEUX R U E ROLLON de Justice R. SOCRATE R U E D E L ' H O P I T A L Eglise
façade, often painted by Eglise St-Ouen MARCHÉ Palais de St-Ouen
Justice
Monet, and framed by two 2 " ⌂ Pl du Général de Gaulle PLACE DE R U E S T - L Ô PLACE DES
CARMES
unequal towers – the northern Historial Jeanne d’Arc § 02 32 08 13 90 # 8am– PLACE MARTIN LA PUCELLE RUE R U E D E S C A R M E S RUE DES FAULX
D’ORLEANS
R. DU GROS HORLOGE
LUTHER KING
R. THOURET X J U IFS
Tour St-Romain, and the later ⌂ 7 rue Saint Romain 8pm Tue–Thu, Sat & Sun V I COMTÉ MASSACRE R U E AU RUE DE LA CHAINE
Tour du Beurre. Above the cen- # 10am–6pm Tue–Sun TUNNEL SAINT-HERBLAND R. EAUX-DE-ROBEC
tral lantern tower rises a Neo- ¢ Pub hols ∑ historial- Once part of a formidable RUE A. GIDE R U E J E A N N E D ' A R C RUE DES VERGETIERSE RUE DU BEC R U E ST- NICOL A S
Gothic cast-iron spire. Both the jeannedarc.fr Benedictine abbey, St-Ouen is R U E DU G A L G I R AUD R UE DE L A R U E DU G ROS H O RL OG E PL. DE LA RU E ST-ROM A I N Jeanne d'Arc R. DU ROSIER
R UE D' AMI E NS
14th-century northern Portail a Gothic church with a lofty, RUE AU CATHEDRALE Historial
des Libraires and southern Entertaining state-of-the-art unadorned interior made all Routière RUE DE LA CHAMPMESLE R U E D E L A R É P U B L I Q U E RUE D A MI ETTE
Gare
ST-SAËNS
Portail de la Calende stand out multimedia displays trace the more beautiful by its 14th- RUE DES CHARRETTES RUE CAMILLE X O URS Cathédrale
RUE DU
for their precise sculpting and the story of Joan of Arc at century stained glass. Théâtre FARDEAU Notre-Dame PLACE
PLACE J.
des Arts R U E D U G ÉN ÉR AL L EC LE RC BARTHÉLÉMY
LELIEUR
Eglise
246 R. GRAND PONT PLACE DE LA St-Maclou R UE M A RTAINVI LL E
CALENDE
RUE DES BONNETIERS
RUE DU GÉNÉRAL LECLERC
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