Seine-Maritime
Booksellers' Staircase - Rouen Cathedral.
Late Gothic staircase by Guillaume Pontis in 1480, under the direction of cardinal and archbishop William Estouteville. Rouen Cathedral.
FrançaisHenry the Young King - Rouen Cathedral, France
Tomb of Henry the Young King (d1183) son of Henry II of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine, brother of King Richard I of England and King John.
Holy Sepulchre C15 - Neufchâtel-en-Bray
This polychromatic stone Holy Sepulchre in the church of Notre-Dame Neufchâtel-en-Bray dates from the mid C15.
Legend of Saint Romain - St. Godard
1540 stained glass in St Godard Rouen tell the story of Saint Romain (Romanus).
Life of Saint Joan of Arc - Rouen Cathedral
Depicting the Life of Saint Joan of Arc, these designs were created by Max Ingrand in 1956 as part of the Sainte Joan quincentenary celebration appeal. They are installed in the Chapelle Saint Jeanne d'Arc in Rouen cathedral.
Monument to Louis de Brézé - Rouen Cathedral
This monument to Louis de Brézé (d1531) is the work of Jean Goujon (1510-1572) who was commissioned by Diane de Poitiers, Louis wife. Louis was the son of King Charles VII of France's illegitimate daughter Charlotte de France.
Neufchâtel-en-Bray
The centre of Neufchâtel-en-Bray was almost completely demolished during heavy German bombing on June 7, 1940. Some 800 of the towns 1200 houses were destroyed. The church of Notre-Dame, dating from the twelfth century was severely damaged, and almost all of the stained glass windows from the 13th century shattered. These windows have now been recreated from drawings and descriptions that were made in the 1930s.
Reconstructed Crucifixion window - Neufchâtel-en-Bray
This reconstructed window is of six panels in two lights, is in the style of the C14 stained glass at Chartre. The original glass was destroyed when the center of Neufchatel was bombed in June 1940.
Richard Coeur-de-Lion - Rouen Cathedral, France
Tomb of Richard I of England (d1199). This is one of three tombs to Richard I, this one is said to contain his heart, his entrails were buried in Châlus (where he died), and the rest of his body was buried at the feet of his father, Henry II, at Fontevraud Abbey in Anjou.
English
