Bourgtheroulde The hotel is located on the Place de la Pucelle, in the historic center of Rouen.
It was built from the late fifteenth century on behalf of William II Rufus, lord of Bourgtheroulde and member of the Exchequer of Normandy (Accounting Chamber and court together the nobles of the province), so eager owning a mansion that reflects his rank.
The first campaign of work leads to a building whose style is synonymous Louis XII of transition between Gothic and early Renaissance.
His son William III began in the fifteenth century of expansion and beautification of which the most remarkable stories turn out in the courtyard, carved two sets of high artistic value (reliefs known as the Gallery Aumale): the first under the roof represents the Triumphs of Petrarch, the second episode of the Cloth of Gold Camp met when the kings Francis I and Henry VIII of England in 1520.
Historical Monument, while the main building was damaged during the bombing of 1944, the mansion remains one of the best buildings in the city. Busy for a long time by a bank, it houses since 2010 a luxury hotel.
Without being a customer of the establishment, the Hotel de Bourgtheroulde may stake a free ride or guided in the center of Rouen. Information at +33 2 35 14 50 50 or +33 2 32 08 32 40.
