Editing Rouen (section)

==Main sights==
[[File:Cathédrale de Rouen vue de l'Opéra.JPG|thumb|left|Left to right: St [[Ouen]], Notre Dame, St Maclou]]
[[File:Gros-Horloge, détail.jpg|thumb|[[Gros Horloge|Gros-Horloge]]]]

Rouen is known for [[Rouen Cathedral]], with its ''Tour de Beurre'' (''butter tower'') financed by the sale of [[indulgences]] for the consumption of butter during [[Lent]]. The cathedral's gothic façade (completed in the 16th century) was the subject of [[Rouen Cathedral (Monet)|a series of paintings]] by [[Claude Monet]], some of which are exhibited in the [[Musée d'Orsay]] in Paris.

The ''[[Gros Horloge]]'' is an [[astronomical clock]] dating back to the 14th century.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Miller |first=Derek |date=5 August 2017 |title=Normandy full of beauty and history |publisher=Delaware State News |url=http://delawarestatenews.net/people/normandy-full-of-beauty-and-history/}}</ref> It is located in the [[Rue du Gros-Horloge|Gros Horloge street]].

{{panoViewer|Place Barthélémy, Rouen, France – 360° panorama 2019.jpg|Place Barthélémy with the church St Maclou, 360°-panorama 2019}}

Other famous structures include [[Rouen Castle]], whose keep is known as the ''tour Jeanne d'Arc'', where [[Joan of Arc]] was brought in 1431 to be threatened with torture (contrary to popular belief, she was not imprisoned there but in the ''tour de lady Pucelle''(since destroyed); the ''[[Church of St. Ouen, Rouen|Church of Saint Ouen]]'' (12th–15th century); the ''[[courthouse|Palais de Justice]]'', which was once the seat of the ''[[Parlement]]'' (French court of law) of Normandy; the [[Gothic architecture|Gothic]] ''[[Church of Saint-Maclou|Church of St Maclou]]'' (15th century); and the Museum of Fine Arts and Ceramics which contains a splendid collection of [[faïence]] and [[porcelain]] for which Rouen was renowned during the 16th to 18th centuries. Rouen is also noted for its surviving [[half-timbered]] buildings.

There are many museums in Rouen: the [[Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen]], an art museum with paintings by well-known artists such as [[Claude Monet]] and [[Géricault]]; the [[Maritime, Fluvial and Harbour Museum of Rouen|Musée maritime fluvial et portuaire]], a museum on the history of the port of Rouen and navigation; [[Museum of Antiquities (Rouen)|Musée des Antiquités]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Musées en Haute-Normandie |url=http://www.musees-haute-normandie.fr/fiche.php3?lang=en&id_article=1393 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061116171607/http://www.musees-haute-normandie.fr/fiche.php3?lang=en&id_article=1393 |archive-date=16 November 2006 |access-date=4 February 2014 |publisher=Musees-haute-normandie.fr}}</ref> an art and history museum with local works from the Bronze Age through the Renaissance; the [[Rouen Ceramic Museum|Musée de la céramique]], the Museum of Natural History, founded in 1834 and re-opened in 2007;<ref>La Réunion des Musées Métropolitains, [https://museumderouen.fr/fr/museum-d-histoire-naturelle Museum d'Histoire Naturelle] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230325075544/https://museumderouen.fr/fr/museum-d-histoire-naturelle |date=25 March 2023 }} (in French), accessed 25 March 2023</ref> and the Musée Le Secq des Tournelles, which houses various collections of objects.<ref>La Réunion des Musées Métropolitains, [https://museelesecqdestournelles.fr/en Musée Le Secq des Tournelles] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230325075539/https://museelesecqdestournelles.fr/en |date=25 March 2023 }}, accessed 25 March 2023</ref>

The [[Jardin des Plantes de Rouen]] is a notable [[botanical garden]] once owned by Scottish banker [[John Law (economist)|John Law]], dating from 1840 in its present form. It was the site of [[Élisa Garnerin]]'s parachute jump from a balloon in 1817. There is also a park and garden at the Champs de Mars, to the east of the city centre. The [[Paris–Rouen (motor race)|Paris–Rouen motor race]] of 1894, ''Le Petit Journal'' Horseless Carriages Contest, ended at the Champs de Mars.<ref>Nye, D., [https://www.goodwood.com/grr/race/historic/2019/6/the-1894-paris-rouen-trial-the-race-that-wasnt-a-race/  The 1894 Paris‑Rouen Trial, the very first competitive motorsport event] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221117073058/https://www.goodwood.com/grr/race/historic/2019/6/the-1894-paris-rouen-trial-the-race-that-wasnt-a-race/ |date=17 November 2022 }}, ''Goodwood Road and Racing'', published 5 June 2019, accessed 17 November 2022</ref>

In the centre of the Place du Vieux Marché (the site of Joan of Arc's pyre)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rouen . visite-de-rouen.com . Place du Vieux Marché |url=http://www.visite-de-rouen.com/vieuxmar.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928180504/http://www.visite-de-rouen.com/vieuxmar.htm |archive-date=28 September 2011 |access-date=16 September 2011 |publisher=Visite-de-rouen.com}}</ref> is the modern [[church of St Joan of Arc]]. This is a large, modern structure which dominates the square. The form of the building represents an upturned [[Viking]] boat and a fish shape.<ref>[[:fr:Église Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc de Rouen]]</ref>

Rouen was also home to the [[French Grand Prix]], hosting the race at the nearby [[Rouen-Les-Essarts]] track sporadically between 1952 and 1968. In 1999 Rouen authorities demolished the grandstands and other remnants of Rouen's racing past. Today, little remains beyond the public roads that formed the circuit.

Rouen has an [[Rouen Opera House|opera house]], whose formal name is "Rouen Normandy Opera House – Theatre of Arts" (in French: ''Opéra de Rouen Normandie – Théâtre des arts'').