Evreux Attractions 
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Evreux (pop. 54,076), chief town of the département of Eure, is an important commercial and market center.
The Cathedral of Notre-Dame (11th-18th C.) has fine 16th C. stained glass and delicately wrought Renaissance grilles in the chapels round the choir. The Bishop's Palace (1481) now houses the Municipal Museum. The Tour de l'Horloge (Clock- Tower) dates from 1490. The former abbey church of St-Taurin (11th-15th C.) contains the 13th C. reliquary of St Taurin (Taurinus), a masterpiece of French goldsmith's work.
The Cathedral of Notre-Dame (11th-18th C.) has fine 16th C. stained glass and delicately wrought Renaissance grilles in the chapels round the choir. The Bishop's Palace (1481) now houses the Municipal Museum. The Tour de l'Horloge (Clock- Tower) dates from 1490. The former abbey church of St-Taurin (11th-15th C.) contains the 13th C. reliquary of St Taurin (Taurinus), a masterpiece of French goldsmith's work.
