Rouen - Rue Jeanne d'Arc

In Rouen, Rue Jeanne-d'Arc was driven through the old town in 1860, and today provides the main link road between the north and south of the city. In Rue du Donjon, a small side road, stands the the Tour Jeanne d'Arc, all that remains of a castle built by Philippe Auguste in 1207. In this tower Joan of Arc was brought before her judges and tortured in 1431. To the west of Rue Jeanne-d'Arc is the 16th C. church of St-Patrice, with fine stained glass (1538-1625). Gustave Flaubert was born in the Hôtel- Dieu, in the west of the city, which now houses the Musée Flaubert and also a Museum of Medical History.