Itinerary · Normandie
Rouen in 3 Days: Ironwork, Faience and the Rouen School
A three-day stay in the heart of Rouen, between the ironwork of the Musée Le Secq des Tournelles, the painted faience of the Musée de la Céramique and the Rouen School on display at the Museum of Fine Arts, followed by the Historial Jeanne d'Arc, the Abbatiale Saint-Ouen and the Museum of Antiquities — at the pace of two to three stops a day, without leaving the city.
3 days · 7 stops · Quick stop
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Overview
Numbers follow the order of the route, day by day — the dashed line is indicative, not a precise driving route.
Day 1
Rouen, ironwork and painted faience
First stop at the Musée Le Secq des Tournelles, an ironwork and locksmithing collection housed inside the deconsecrated Gothic church of Saint-Laurent — then the Musée de la Céramique, which holds Rouen's painted faience from Masséot Abaquesne's 16th-century glazed earthenware to the Poterat workshops of the following century, alongside pieces from Nevers, Delft and Sèvres.
Ironwork inside a Gothic churchMuseum · Rouen
Musée Le Secq des Tournelles
The Le Secq des Tournelles museum is a museum located in Rouen, in Seine-Maritime. Labeled since 2003 under the Heritage Code, it is a member of the…
Rouen's painted faienceMuseum · Rouen
Musée de la Céramique - Réunion des Musées Métropolitains (RMM)
Le Musée de la Céramique, situé à Rouen en Normandie, est un établissement de la Réunion des Musées Métropolitains consacré aux arts de la céramique. Ses…
Day 2
Rouen, the Rouen School and Joan of Arc's trial
The Rouen Museum of Fine Arts devotes several rooms to the Rouen School, a group of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist painters born or trained in the city — Charles Angrand, Albert Lebourg, Robert Antoine Pinchon — who remain overshadowed by Monet despite a rich body of work devoted to the quays and bridges of the Seine — then the Historial Jeanne d'Arc, housed in the former archbishop's palace where the 1456 trial rehabilitating the young woman burned in Rouen twenty-five years earlier was held, before finishing at the flamboyant portal of the Église Saint-Maclou.
The Rouen School, overshadowed by MonetMuseum · Rouen
Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen
The Rouen Museum of Fine Arts is an establishment. It is located in Rouen, in Seine-Maritime, in the Normandy region. Its collections cover several periods and…
1456 rehabilitation trialMuseum · Rouen
Historial Jeanne d’Arc
The Historial Jeanne d'Arc is a museum dedicated to the life and myth of Joan of Arc, located in Rouen in Normandy. Installed in the archbishop's palace, a…
Flamboyant Gothic portalChurch · Rouen
Église Saint-Maclou de Rouen
L'église Saint-Maclou est un édifice religieux de Rouen, situé en Seine-Maritime en Normandie. Construite dans le style gothique flamboyant, elle constitue un…
Day 3
Rouen, Rayonnant Gothic and ancient memory
Final stop at the Abbatiale Saint-Ouen, a former Benedictine abbey whose 14th-century nave ranks among the purest achievements of Rayonnant Gothic architecture in France — then the Museum of Antiquities of Seine-Maritime, which holds the Gallo-Roman Oissel treasure alongside Egyptian, Greek and medieval collections.
Rayonnant Gothic masterpieceChurch · Rouen
Abbatiale Saint-Ouen de Rouen
L'abbatiale Saint-Ouen est un édifice religieux de style gothique rayonnant situé à Rouen, en Seine-Maritime. Ancienne église abbatiale, elle constitue un…
Gallo-Roman Oissel treasureMuseum · Rouen
Musée des antiquités de la Seine-Maritime
The Museum of Antiquities in Rouen is located in Seine-Maritime, in Normandy, and is part of the network of metropolitan museums in Rouen. Its collections span…
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