GROS HORLOGE, Rouen

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One of the most important streets in Rouen leads from the Catehdral Square to the Vieux Marche. This street is called "Rue du Gros-Horloge" or translated "Street of the large watch (clock). This item within the street can't be missed and is well worth a closer look. The city clock was constructed between 1389 and 1398 by Jehan de Bayeux. Especially in regard to the times that it was made, it is a true work of art, that tell the time to today in a relatively accurate way. Also the building that it is built in and hangs over the street, has many beautiful decorations in stone attached.

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This amazing monument is composed of a gothic belfry, a pavilion, a Renaissance vault and a classic style fountain. The bell tower was built when the town was granted the status of city with the right to ring its own bells. The mechanism is still one of the oldest in Europe. The outside offers a beautiful sight of the sculptured archway a Renaissance masterpiece with restored dials.

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The Gros Horloge is a Medieval clock which became the mascot for the Rouennais.
It was built in the 14th century and it has got an only hand that marks the time, while the days of the week appear under the number IV. Above the clock a globe points out the phase of the moon.
Near the Gros Horloge there is a tower bell from which you can have a nice view of the town.

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Rue du Gros Horloge is one of the best streets of Rouen. It was the most important one during the Middle Ages and along there you can see very nice maisons a colombage (half-timbered houses) like the old town hall. In the middle of the street there is the Gros Horloge.

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Walk from the cahtedral to the shopping area in the old centre. There is also a lovely clock in the town, which you then pass, it is mounted above a port in a narrow street. It was put there in 1527, but is actually older as it first hung on the clock tower.

This clock was extremely pretty, but I must say it is easy to miss, as it is hidden away between two buildings!!

I managed to walk past it and not see it!!

I recommend seeing it, as the detail on it is quite something!

This Renaissance clock tower was built in the late 1300s and the clock itself still works! A single hour-hand shows the time.

This area is one of Rouen's best opportunities for people-watching.

Nearby are plenty of shops and cafes, and sites related to Jeanne d'Arc.

Though this picture is shot in the same direction than the previous one, it gives a very different sight. Now we have not the columns of the nave in the foreground but the columns of the Choir itself and they are of a very different style. The Choir was built in the 13th century. The columns are simple and its drawing is very unaffected.