Place details
Place nameRouen
Other namesRotomagus, Rodomum
CountryFrance
Latitude49.433
Longitude1.083
SourceThesaurus of Geographic Names
Overview
Former center of the Rotomagi; invaded by Normans in the 9th century; occupied by England 1418-1449; site of trial and execution of Joan of Arc in 1431; taken by Huguenots 1562; held by Germany 1870; site of famous 13th-century Gothic cathedral damaged in World War II.
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