Let's start with the region of Rouen in Upper Normandy, the capital of the district. This is a town that verily drips with historical significance and architectural beauty. Start your tour of Rouen with the old market or the Vieux Marche. If you ever saw the movie The Messsenger about Joan of Arc, this market square is where the saint was burned at the stake six centuries ago. St. Vincent's Church, an important historical monument lies in ruins on one side of the main market square. It was bombed into ruin in the second world war. Never rebuilding it, the town instead built a church to Joan ...