Rouen and Joan of Arc

We went to visit the town of Rouen which is about an hour away from where we are staying.  It is is Normandy.

Rouen is famous for two things.  The first is the old houses made with timber beams in the traditional norman style int he old part of town.  The second is that it is where Joan of Arc was tried and found guilty of being a witch and burned at the stake.  Joan of Arc was only a young girl when she led an army for the French to try and fight the English, when she was captured she was tried for witchcraft and for dressing like a man and burned at the stake in the marketplace at Rouen.  She was later re tried and found to be innocent (bit late for that though).

Joan of Arc has been made a saint in France and the whole city is now very much dedicated to her honour.  There is a church and a memorial in the place where she was killed.