Rouen Cathedral

Monet painted Rouen Cathedral in a famous series during the 1890s to study how light changed the Gothic facade at different times of day. The subject was the west front of the cathedral, not an imagined church.

Yes, briefly. After its cast-iron spire was completed, Rouen Cathedral was widely regarded as the world's tallest building from 1876 until 1880, when Cologne Cathedral surpassed it.

Rouen Cathedral is a Gothic cathedral in Normandy with construction spanning several centuries. Its facade, towers, and iron spire show why it became one of France's best-known medieval church buildings.

Rouen Cathedral is associated with several Norman rulers, including the heart of Richard the Lionheart. Richard I of England died in 1199, and his heart was interred at Rouen while his body was buried elsewhere.