• Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Rouen: Major construction in the 12th century, 13th & 14th centuries, and 16th century

• This view of the cathedral was made famous by the many Claude Monet paintings created in different seasons and light from an apartment across the street

• Claude Monet, Rouen Cathedral - 1893

• Roy Lichtenstein, Rouen Cathedral Set V - 1969, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Clearly, Monet really started something!

• We viewed the cathedral at mid-day in the rain

• Rouen Cathedral

• Rouen Cathedral

• Rouen Cathedral

• Rouen Cathedral

• Rouen Cathedral

• Later in the day, partial clearing of the weather gave us views in different light

• Rouen Cathedral

• Rouen Cathedral

• Rouen Cathedral

• Rouen Cathedral

• Rouen Cathedral

• Rouen Cathedral

• Rouen Cathedral

• Rouen Cathedral

• Rouen Cathedral

• Leaving Rouen Cathedral

• Saint Maclou Church, an excellent example of Flamboyant Gothic architecture: Major construction in the 15th & 16th centuries

• Saint Maclou Church main entrance with wood doors carved during the Renaissance

• A contrast in architecture

• Rouen is noted for its faience

• Rouen

• Rouen

• Aître Saint-Maclou in which victims of the Great Plague of 1348 were buried in communal graves. The galleries surrounding the cemetery were built between 1526 & 1533 to serve as an ossuary.

• Aître Saint-Maclou

• Note the skulls, crossbones, and gravedigger's tools carved into the wood above the lower windows, reflecting the use as an ossuary

• Window detail in the ossuary

• The Gros-Horloge or Great Clock

• La Place du Vieux Marché

• La Place du Vieux Marché

• La Place du Vieux Marché

• The place where Joan of Arc was burned at the stake. The legend is that when collecting her ashes, it was discovered that her heart did not burn. This proved that she was not a witch and thus led to her sainthood.

• A covered entrance passage to the Sainte Jeanne d'Arc church

• The covered passage and the Sainte Jeanne d'Arc church

• Under the covered entrance passage to the Sainte Jeanne d'Arc church

• Sainte Jeanne d'Arc church and the Place du Vieux Marché

• Sainte Jeanne d'Arc church was built in 1979

• Sainte Jeanne d'Arc church

• Sainte Jeanne d'Arc church

• Sainte Jeanne d'Arc church

• Sainte Jeanne d'Arc church

• Sainte Jeanne d'Arc church

• Sainte Jeanne d'Arc church

• Sainte Jeanne d'Arc church

• Sainte Jeanne d'Arc church

• Sainte Jeanne d'Arc church

• Sainte Jeanne d'Arc church

• Sainte Jeanne d'Arc church

• Sainte Jeanne d'Arc church

• Sainte Jeanne d'Arc church

• The magnificent 16th century stained-glass windows in the Sainte Jeanne d'Arc church are from St. Vincent's Church, which was destroyed during the WWII. Luckily, the stained glass had been put in safe storage in 1939.

• Sainte Jeanne d'Arc church

• Sainte Jeanne d'Arc church

• Sainte Jeanne d'Arc church

• Sainte Jeanne d'Arc church

• Sainte Jeanne d'Arc church

• Sainte Jeanne d'Arc church

• Sainte Jeanne d'Arc church

• Sainte Jeanne d'Arc church

• Sainte Jeanne d'Arc church

• Sainte Jeanne d'Arc church

• Sainte Jeanne d'Arc church

• Sainte Jeanne d'Arc church

• Sainte Jeanne d'Arc church

• Sainte Jeanne d'Arc church

• The market in the square near the church

• The market in the square near the church

• The market in the square near the church

• Rouen street scene

• Camille Pissarro, Rouen (Effect of Sunlight) - 1898. This painting is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.

• Camille Pissarro, Rouen (Effect of Sunlight) - 1898. This painting is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.

• A scene in front of the Rouen City Hall

• A statue of Napoleon I in front of the Rouen Hotel de Ville or City Hall

• Rouen Hotel de Ville

• Saint Ouen's Abbey: Major construction in the 14th & 15th centuries

• Saint Ouen's Abbey

• Saint Ouen's Abbey

• Saint Ouen's Abbey

• Statue of Rollon à Rouen

• Oregon Grape? on the grounds of Saint Ouen's Abbey

• A contrast in architecture

• A contrast in architecture

• Rouen street scene

• A well-known English-language bookshop in Rouen

• Kathryn in front of the ABC bookshop

• Rouen street scene

• Rouen street scene

• An anachronism?

• A charming Rouen street

• Rouen street scene

• Rouen street scene

• A 'foot shot' in Rouen

• The Palais de Justice de Rouen was recently restored

• The Palais de Justice de Rouen

• The craters in the wall of the Palais de Justice de Rouen are from WWII bullets

• The Palais de Justice de Rouen

• The Palais de Justice de Rouen

• The Palais de Justice de Rouen

• The Palais de Justice de Rouen

• The Palais de Justice de Rouen

• The Palais de Justice de Rouen

• The Palais de Justice de Rouen

• The Palais de Justice de Rouen

• The Palais de Justice de Rouen

• Rouen street scene

• Rouen street scene

• On La Place de la Pucelle d'Orléans

• Rouen street scene

• A view up the Seine just prior to our departure from Rouen