Rouen

Gare de Rouen Rive Droite (Rouen Right Bank Station) or Gare de Rouen. est. 1843. Built 1913-1924.

1499–1507 Palais de Justice – West Wing – Rouen.

Eglise Saint Maclou. 1435-1521 Flamboyant Gothic. 272 ft spire.

One of more than 2,000 examples of 1300’s to 1400’s Norman Half Timbered architecture in Rouen.

1749 Porte Guillaume-Lion. Last surviving gate in Rouen.

Abbaye (Eglise) Saint-Ouen de Rouen. 1318–1339 Choir and Transepts. 1467-1483 Rose Window (above). 1537–1549 Lantern Tower pictured 269 ft. 1846–1851 West Facade and towers, Henry Grégoire. Actually larger than Cathedrale Notre Dame de Rouen.

The Gros-Horloge (Great Clock) 1389 Mechanical clock movement built. 1398 Bell Tower housed both clock mechanicals and bells. 1527–1529 Clock Tower – Clock below mansard roof, above arch – clock and mechanicals moved here.

Rue de la Cloche d’Argent – Umbrellas providing visual interest, protection from sun and rain.

Several of the more than 2,000 examples of 1300’s to 1400’s Norman Half Timbered architecture in Rouen.

13 sixteenth century stained glass windows were saved from Church of Saint-Vincent, destroyed during World War II.

Sanctuary Interior. Église Sainte-Jeanne-d’Arc de Rouen. 1975-1979. Here, in 1431, Joan of Arc was burned at the stake for heresy.

Eglise de Saint Jean d’Arc de Rouen. 1975-1979. Louis Arretche.

I Heart Rouen sign with South Transept and spire of Cathédrale Notre Dame de Rouen in the background.

1220-1230 Saint Julian the Hospitaler Window. North ambulatory. Cathédrale Notre Dame de Rouen.

Chapelle de la Vierge (Chapel of the Virgin) 1302-1320. East of the Altar. Gilded wooden altarpiece 1643-1645 Jean Racine, 1629 painting ‘Adoration of the Shepherds’ by Philippe de Champaigne. Cathedrale Notre Dame de Rouen.

1220-1230 Choir constructed – looking east to the altar in the background. Cathédrale Notre Dame de Rouen.

1280-1300 North Transept and Rose Window. Rose Window (Detail above) is by Guillaume Nouel and is the original glass. This is the interior side to the Booksellers’ Portal. Cathédrale Notre Dame de Rouen.

South side aisle of the nave. 1185-1220 Nave. Cathédrale Notre Dame de Rouen.

1185-1220 Nave looking towards the transept and altar. Cathédrale Notre Dame de Rouen.

1362-1421 Statues carved. Exact replicas replace the originals on the exterior facade. Cathédrale Notre Dame de Rouen.

The original organ, wood case and pipes were heavily damaged during World War II. In the 1950’s, the workshop of Jacquot-Lavergne rebuilt and installed this instrument. Cathédrale Notre Dame de Rouen.

1485 Tour de Beurre, Gothic top was the inspiration for Chicago’s 1923-1925 Tribune Tower. 1220-1230 South Transept. 1280-1300 Portail de Calende Jean Davi. Cathédrale Notre Dame de Rouen.

1822 Wood and Lead Spire burned. 1825-1876 Cast Iron spire constructed, 495 ft. tall, Jean-Antoine Alavoine. Cathédrale Notre Dame de Rouen.

North Transept c. 1280-1300. Portail de Libraires (Booksellers’ Portal). Transcribers, printers and book sellers worked here in the Middle Ages. Cathédrale Notre Dame de Rouen.

1280-1300 North Transept, 1825-1876 Cast Iron Spire and 1145 base, 1468-1478 Flamboyant 8 sided top St. Romain North Tower of the Rouen Cathedral. Cathédrale Notre Dame de Rouen.

“Rouen Cathedral, Evening, Harmony in Brown”.   One of thirty versions painted between 1892-1893.  Claude Monet.  Musee d’Orsay.

West Facade of the Cathédrale de Notre Dame de Rouen. (left to right) St. Romain Tower – 1145 base, 1468-1478 Flamboyant 8 sided top above . Cast Iron Spire 1825-1876. Butter Tower 1485 Guillaume Pontif start, 1506 Jacques Le Roux completed. Butter Tower named and funded by Indulgences (Permisions) paid to use butter during lent.

Cat Cafe and Crêperie near South Transept and Portail de Calende entrance to Cathedrale de Notre Dame de Rouen.