Jeanne d'Arc

Joan of Arc (Jeanne d'Arc, la Pucelle d'Orléans) was born in Domrémy in 1412, lead a coup d'état to overthrow the English and return the French king to the throne, then was betrayed by the king himself and was burned alive in Rouen in 1431.


The spot where Jeanne d'Arc was burned at the stake in 1431. Yikes.


Since beatified, Sainte Jeanne d'Arc and her church here in Rouen.


Ste Jeanne's cross


Joan of Arc museum (far left) and some of the oldest buildings in Rouen


Brown building to the right is the OLDEST in Rouen, built in the early 1300s. It was here even before Joan was burned alive. Crazy!