Rouen Cathedral
The seat of the Archbishop of Rouen, built and rebuilt over more than eight centuries in styles from Early Gothic to Flamboyant and Renaissance. Its three towers are each in a different style, and Monet painted its façade more than thirty times in changing light.
- Where
- Rouen, Normandy, France
- Grade
- Well known
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 1 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 49.4402, 1.0950
Get the Rouen Cathedral stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Rouen Cathedral. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Normandy volume with your photos and a note.
Near Rouen Cathedral
Monet's House and Gardens 52 km
The house in Giverny where Claude Monet lived and painted for 43 years, with the gardens he spent years planting. Across the lane lies the water garden with its Japanese bridge and the lily pond he painted again and again.
Porte d'Aval 71 km
A natural arch in the white chalk cliffs of Étretat, with a tall needle of rock standing in the sea beside it. Claude Monet painted these cliffs on the Normandy coast again and again.
Amiens Cathedral 100 km
A Gothic cathedral on a ridge above the Somme, the largest in France by interior volume. Its west front is carved with hundreds of figures, and its nave rises more than 42 metres.
Palace of Versailles 103 km
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Grande Arche 103 km
A hollow cube of an arch in the business district of La Défense, finished in 1989 for the bicentenary of the French Revolution. It lines up with the Arc de Triomphe and the Louvre along the city's historic axis, and is large enough that Notre-Dame could sit inside.
Château de Chantilly 104 km
A château about 50 kilometres north of Paris, made up of a Petit Château built around 1560 and a Grand Château rebuilt in the 1870s. It holds a major collection of old paintings, a horse museum in its Great Stables and gardens laid out by Le Nôtre.
Louis Vuitton Foundation 106 km
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Bois de Boulogne 106 km
A large public park on the western edge of Paris, given to the city by Napoleon III in 1852. It has lakes for rowing, woodland paths, the rose garden of Bagatelle and the racecourses of Longchamp and Auteuil.
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Questions
Where is Rouen Cathedral?
Rouen Cathedral is in Rouen, Normandy, France. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Monet's House and Gardens (52 km), Porte d'Aval (71 km), Amiens Cathedral (100 km).
How do I get the Rouen Cathedral stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Rouen Cathedral and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Normandy volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Rouen Cathedral before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Normandy volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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