Rouen Cathedral

The next day we did Rouen, particularly the famous cathedral. And a great lunch at Brasserie Paul.

The cathedral is so closed in by the city, it is not possible to get a full view

Interior

 

Rose window

 

Statues hospital...undergoing repair...an unusual opportunity to see them
close-up 

 

The Vikings raided Normandy so often in the 9th and 10th centuries that the French
finally just gave it to them, and their king, Rollo; William the Conqueror (1066 and
all that) was his grandson 

Richard the Lion-Heart; his heart, that is ("I left my heart, in ...Rouen"?)

Help! One of Sponge Bob's colleagues is trapped in the ceiling at Rouen Cathedral!