Cathedral of ROUEN

By far the most prestigious monument in the city, Notre-Dame Cathedral is an architectural ensemble whose first stones date back to the very beginning of the Middle Ages.

 Although its construction took 100 years of work, the building underwent a major renovation following extensive damage caused first by the fire of 1940 and then by the bombings of the Royal Air Force during the Second World War.

Miraculously narrowly spared in its entirety, this precious testimony to the evolution of Gothic art is considered the “most human of cathedrals”. A compliment justified by the asymmetry of its façade which here is perceived more as a strength than a weakness.

Another even more important feature, the length of the cast iron spire from 1876 rising to 151 meters makes this religious building the largest of its category in France. A first place on the podium which greatly makes the inhabitants of the Norman metropolis proud.

Not only reserved for the faithful, the interior is freely accessible to you for a better discovery of the place. Moreover, the one who would have been the muse of 30 paintings of the famous painter Claude Monet would also be known to contain the tomb of the Dukes of Normandy and the crypt holding the heart of Richard the Lionheart, this king of England who according to legend loved the city so much.