Rouen

Rouenis a city on the RiverSeinein the north of France. It is the capital of theregionofNormandy. Formerly one of the largest and most prosperous cities ofmedieval Europe, Rouen was the seat of theExchequerofNormandyduring the Middle Ages. It was one of the capitals of theAnglo-Normandynasties, which ruled both England and large parts of modern France from the 11th to the 15th centuries.An important city in the Roman era and Middle Ages, it has Gothic churches and a cobblestoned pedestrian center with hundreds of medieval half-timbered houses.