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About Rouen, France

Rouen, capital of the northern French region of Normandy, is a port city on the river Seine. Important in the Roman era and Middle Ages, it has Gothic churches, such as Saint-Maclou and Saint-Ouen, and a cobblestoned pedestrian center with medieval half-timbered houses. The skyline is dominated by the spires of Cathédrale Notre-Dame, much-painted by Impressionist Claude Monet.

  • Area: 21.38 km²
  • Urban area: 448 km²
  • Weather: 5°C, Wind SE at 6 km/h, 95% Humidity
  • Population: 110,169 (2015) INSEE
  • Department: Seine-Maritime

Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Rouen

Rouen Cathedral is a Roman Catholic church in Rouen, Normandy, France. It is the see of the Archbishop of Rouen, Primate of Normandy. It is famous for its three towers, each in a different ...

 

Museum of Fine Arts of Rouen

The musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen is an art museum in Rouen, Normandy, France. Founded in 1801 by Napoleon I, its current building was built between 1880 and 1888 and underwent complete renovation in 1994. It houses ...

 

Catholic Church of St Joan of Arc

The Church of Saint Joan of Arc is a Catholic church in the city centre of Rouen, northern France. The church of Saint Joan of Arc was completed in 1979 in the centre of the ancient market square, known as the Place du ...

 

Église catholique Saint-Maclou

The Church of Saint-Maclou is a Roman Catholic church in Rouen, France which is considered one of the best examples of the Flamboyant style of Gothic architecture in France. Saint-Maclou, along with Rouen Cathedral, the ...

 

Saint-Ouen Abbey Church

Saint-Ouen Abbey, is a large Gothic Roman Catholic church and former Benedictine monastic church in Rouen. It is named for Audoin, 7th-century bishop of Rouen in modern Normandy, France. The church's name is sometimes ...

 

Le Gros-Horloge

The Gros-Horloge is a fourteenth-century astronomical clock in Rouen, Normandy. The clock is installed in a Renaissance arch crossing the Rue du Gros-Horloge. The mechanism is one of the oldest in France, the movement ...

 

Botanical Garden

The Jardin des Plantes de Rouen is a municipal botanical garden located at 7, rue de Trianon, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Upper Normandy, France. It is open daily without charge. The garden dates to 1691 when Louis de Carel ...

 

Natural History Museum

The Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Rouen is a museum in Rouen, northern France, founded in 1828 by Félix Archimède Pouchet. After the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle in Paris it is the second largest natural ...

 

Pont Gustave-Flaubert

The Pont Gustave-Flaubert is a vertical-lift bridge over the River Seine in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Normandy, France. It was officially opened on 25 September 2008 after four years of ...

 

Rouen Ceramic Museum

The Rouen Ceramic Museum is a museum located in the hôtel d'Hocqueville in the French city of Rouen. It has the title Museum of France. It was established in 1864, and contains a collection of around 5000 ...

 

Musée départemental des antiquités

The Musée des Antiquités is a museum in the French city of Rouen, housing archaeological finds from the department of ...

 

Maritime, Fluvial and Harbour Museum of Rouen

The Maritime, Fluvial and Harbour Museum of Rouen is a museum dedicated to the history of the port of Rouen, which is one of the greatest ports of France. The museum opened in 1999, during the Rouen Armada, a festival ...

 

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