Caudebec-en-Caux. Is a small river town down the Seine from Rouen. A street scene followed by the parish church in Caudebec. Then a view over the valley of the Seine from a hill at the edge of town.Läs mer
Caudebec-en-Caux. Is a small river town down the Seine from Rouen. A street scene followed by the parish church in Caudebec. Then a view over the valley of the Seine from a hill at the edge of town.Läs mer
One of the nicknames for Rouen is City of Spires. Here are two more churches. St. Maclou is not a cathedral. It is a parish church. They don't hardly build them like this any more. 4 pics of St.Läs mer
Joan was tried and burned at the stake here in 1431. The first picture is the cross on the site where she was burned at the old market square. Then the church in her name along side the cross. TheLäs mer
I'm quite taken with Rouen with all the history and architecture. These pics catch some more of that. First is the view over the city from the Archepiscopal palace, followed by the old exchequer orLäs mer
St Peter, the unfinished. This was built to be the tallest gothic cathedral, and it is clearly the tallest I've seen, though the pictures don't do it justice. And it was never completed. Perhaps theLäs mer
Named for the bishop who baptized Clovis, this basilica is an abbatical church or the church of the Abbey of San Remi. This building is interesting as it is part Romanesque and part GothicLäs mer
I visited 3 champagne facilities. These pictures are from the caves of Pommery and Taittinger. The third was de Moiselle. I liked their champagne best.
First is the 116 steps down into the caves atLäs mer
Reims cathedral is the site where the kings of France were crowned. This tradition goes back to Clovis who was the first king baptized. That was by bishop (now saint) Remi in Reims in about the 5thLäs mer