Jeanne d’Arc was burnt at the stake in 1431 in the Place du Vieux Marché in Rouen, a martyr at the age of 19. Her death is something for which many French people have still not forgiven the English.
The site is marked with a 22-metre cross next to which stands the startling Jeanne d’Arc church with a low-slung canopy which covers the church and part of the market as well. It was built just over 30 years ago. The interior roof is tent-like and supported by an unadorned pillar and the whole church is brilliantly illuminated by the jewel-bright colours of 15 panels of Renaissance stained glass. The bronze statue of St. Joan is attractive although it is hard to reconcile its description of Joan as a gentle, innocent woman with her feisty warrior-like rebellious reputation.
Rouen is one of France’s busiest river ports with a well-preserved medieval centre and narrow streets leading off its squares and main thoroughfares. Many of the buildings surviving since the 13th century have been beautifully restored and the timber-fronted houses, some six stories tall but barely two metres wide, jutting out on carved corbels and leaning alarmingly, are a great attraction to photographers.
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