Step Into History
Walk Rouen in 1540
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Step Into History · City walk
Rouen of Cloth and Cod, 1540
Rouen in 1540 is a wealthy Norman river city at the height of its Renaissance commerce, where textile manufacture and the Seine's trade in salted cod and overseas goods shape daily life. The walk moves from the busy river approaches into the medieval streets to the Gros-Horloge, the new Bureau des Finances, the flamboyant Palais de Justice and the parish churches and workshops that connect them.
36 scenes — 22 streets, squares and views, 14 interiors to step inside. Planned from the Wikipedia record of Rouen as it stood in 1540 (“Rouen”).
The route, scene by scene
- 1. Grand Pont Approach
- 2. Grand Pont
- 3. Rue du Gros-Horloge
- ↳ Goldsmith's Workshop · interior
- 4. Le Gros-Horloge
- ↳ Clockkeeper's Workshop · interior
- 5. Place du Vieux-Marché
- 6. Rue Saint-Romain
- 7. Les Halles
- ↳ Les Halles Fish Hall · interior
- 8. Quai de Paris
- ↳ Salted Cod Warehouse · interior
- 9. River Wharves
- ↳ Wharf Cooperage · interior
- 10. Bureau des Finances
- ↳ Chamber of Finances · interior
- 11. Palais de Justice
- ↳ Grand Hall of Justice · interior
- ↳ Parlement Chamber · interior
- 12. Tour Jeanne d'Arc
- ↳ Tower Guardroom · interior
- 13. Rue Martainville
- 14. Rue Eau-de-Robec
- 15. Quartier des Drapiers
- 16. Cour des Teinturiers
- ↳ Dyers' Vat House · interior
- 17. Aître Saint-Maclou
- ↳ Charnel Gallery · interior
- 18. Saint-Maclou Porch
- ↳ Carved West Porch Vault · interior
- ↳ Saint‑Maclou Nave · interior
- 19. Saint-Ouen Approach
- 20. Notre-Dame Cathedral
- ↳ Cathedral Choir · interior
- 21. Rue du Château
- 22. Île Lacroix Vantage