{"id":16033,"date":"2015-03-06T06:59:22","date_gmt":"2015-03-06T06:59:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/frenchduck.com\/latest\/?p=16033"},"modified":"2025-08-30T15:28:52","modified_gmt":"2025-08-30T14:28:52","slug":"new-joa-of-arc-museum-in-rouen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/frenchduck.com\/latest\/new-joa-of-arc-museum-in-rouen\/","title":{"rendered":"Rouen and Joan of Arc"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Rouen<\/strong> (76 Seine Maritime, Normandie<\/em>) celebrates the French heroine Joan of Arc with its medieval Joan of Arc Festival <\/strong>(Les F\u00eates m\u00e9di\u00e9vales et Jeanne d\u2019arc<\/em>) 9 – 11 May 2024<\/strong>.<\/mark> With parades, medieval market, troubadours, birds of prey etc – see www.visiterouen.com\/<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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The Cathedral de Notre Dame in Rouen<\/strong>, famously painted by Claude Monet, is illuminated at night Cath\u00e9drale de Lumi\u00e8re <\/em>30 June – 16 September 2023 <\/strong><\/span>– see www.rouentourisme.com<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

ROUEN, – AWARDED \u2018UNESCO CITY OF GASTRONOMY\u2019 STATUS<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Alongside 48 other cities around the world,\u00a0Rouen<\/a>\u00a0was named \u2018UNESCO City of Gastronomy\u2019 in November 2021. It is the first city in France to be recognised for its creativity in the field of gastronomy, as well as progress in sustainable urban development. With its medieval city centre, numerous museums and glorious cathedral painted time and time again by Claude Monet, Rouen has long attracted tourists. But it\u2019s also famous for its culinary heritage, great chefs, Michelin-starred restaurants, and local culinary specialities such as Rouen-style duck. It was in Rouen at La Couronne, the oldest Inn in France, that famous American cook Julia Child had her first French dish and fell in love with French cuisine. More recently, \u2018Papa Risotto\u2019 was named France\u2019s best new fast food restaurant, and you\u2019ll even find a shop dedicated entirely to raclette! Of course, Normandy is also world famous for its cheeses and cider, Calvados and seafood, dairy products and \u2018Tarte Normande\u2019 apple tart.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n

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11- 12 October 2025<\/strong><\/span> the city of Rouen <\/strong>celebrates Normandy’s food and gastronomy\u00a0 with the F\u00eate du Ventre<\/strong> (Festival of the Stomach) in the Old Market quarter of the city with more than 180 producers of fruit(apples) and vegetables, cheeses, dairy, chocolates, pastries , alcoholic beverages and more…. – see\u00a0www.rouentourisme.com<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

ROUEN – Joan of Arc Museum<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

A new museum opened in Rouen<\/strong> (76 Seine Maritime, Normandie<\/em>) in 2015<\/strong> dedicated to the life of that iconic French heroine Joan of Arc:\u00a0 Historial Jeanne d\u2019Arc<\/a> <\/strong>7, rue Saint-Romain, 76000 Rouen
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Rouen <\/strong>was where Jeanne d’Arc was tried by the English and then burned at the stake in 1431 It was also where a later trial by the French exonerated her posthumously\u00a0 and eventually beatified and canonized her (in 1920). She is one of the patron saints of France.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

In Rouen<\/strong>, the memory of Joan of Arc lingers in the patrimony and landscape \u2013 the old Market Place, the Keep where she was threatened with torture and the archiepiscopal complex where some of the hearings of her trial were held.<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n

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It is perhaps Orl\u00e9ans<\/strong> (45 Loiret,Centre) which has a prior claim on her – she is known as “The Maid of Orl\u00e9ans”, as it was there that she played a major role in lifting the siege of the city of Orl\u00e9ans<\/strong> and ultimately to the restoration of the French King Charles VII.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Reims<\/strong> (51 Marne, Champagne-Ardenne) is another city with links to the Maid – being the place where Charles VII was crowned.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Historial Jeanne d\u2019Arc<\/strong><\/a> 7, rue Saint-Romain, 76000 Rouen<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Every 5 years there is a fabulous Tall Ships Armada in Rouen<\/a><\/strong> (next in 2028!)<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Brittany Ferries offers routes from Portsmouth to Le Havre<\/strong> (about 50 miles by car or 50 minutes by train) and Caen<\/strong> (about 85 miles by car) or<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

DFDS goes from Newhaven to Dieppe<\/strong> (about 40 miles by car, or 50 minutes by train)<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Holiday accommodation in Rouen<\/a> including hotels, B&B and self-catering including the very central Mercure Hotel Cathedrale<\/strong><\/a> right by the Cathedral<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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