Rouen (France) -- Description and travel; Rouen (France) -- History
Coming back by the Robec (for it well deserves looking at from each
end), when you reach the Rue de la Republique turn northwards for a
sight of the south front of St. Ouen, and then leave the Place de
l'Hotel de Ville by way of the _Rue de l'Hopital_ due west. No. 1 is
an exquisite Renaissance house with its colonnade and arches and
carved capitals. In the courtyard within is a beautiful doorway of the
same period set at right angles to the street facade. Upon its
entrance columns (which are double, one set above another) two
delicately moulded statuettes of women are placed on each side of the
slender upper shaft. Over the door is the motto--"DomiNuS MICHI
ADIUTOR," the same which occurs above the arms of Cardinal Wolsey on
the terra-cotta plaque at Hampton Court. This fine house extends some
way down the street, and leads you pleasantly onwards till the Rue
Socrate opens to your left. Go down it and glance on each side as the
_Rue des Fosses Louis VIII._ crosses your path. At the end is the
great Palais de Justice. Beyond that (you may go through Louis XII.'s
archway or keep the Palace wall upon your right) is the _Rue aux
Juifs_, in which No. 35 is an exact model of its ancient predecessor.
In the _Rue du Bec_ there are remains of fine houses and spacious
courtyards, and through it you arrive at the Rue de la Grosse Horloge
and the great archway that holds the famous clock of Rouen.
The only other houses I can remember as worthy of a special visit are
Nos. 5, 7, and 18 in the _Rue St. Etienne des Tonneliers_, which opens
out of the Rue du Grand Pont just before the quays. Where the Rue
Jacques Lelieur enters it are the ruins of a lovely church fallen upon
very evil days. All over Rouen you may find walks equally interesting,
but I have done enough in suggesting a few of the most typical.
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_Monuments classes parmi les Monuments Historiques de France_
HORS CLASSE. Cathedrale (Etat).
Maison Corneille, Petit Couronne (Depart.).
I. CLASSE. Chapelle de St. Julien des Chartreux a Petit Quevilly.
St. Godard (verrieres).
St. Maclou.
St. Ouen.
St. Ouen (Chambre ou Tour aux Clercs).
St. Patrice.
St. Vincent.
II. CLASSE. Tour St. Andre.
Cathedrale, Salle Capitulaire et Cloitre.
Fontaine Croix de Pierre (Musee des Antiquites).
St. Gervais (Crypte et Abside).
Aitre St. Maclou.
Choeur de St. Nicaise.
Chapelle de la Fierte St. Romain, a la Vieille Tour.
III. CLASSE. Eglise Mont aux Malades.
Eglise St. Paul (abside).
St. Vivien (clocher).
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