Former store of Ferdinand Marrou

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The former shop of Ferdinand Marrou, in Rouen

The former shop of Ferdinand Marrou, in the Rue Saint-Romain, is a witness of the talent of this great Rouen art ironworker. The Rouen audio-guided tour stops here to evoke this fine ornate shopfront, which recalls the tradition of wrought iron in the town.

The shopfront of the great art ironworker

In the Rue Saint-Romain, as everywhere in the historic heart of Rouen, the best advice is to constantly raise the eyes to admire what surrounds us. You thus discover the former shop of Ferdinand Marrou, a famous Rouen art ironworker who marked the town by his talent. Ironwork, the art of working wrought iron, has a long and rich tradition in Rouen, witnessed notably by the Le Secq des Tournelles Museum. Ferdinand Marrou, a renowned craftsman and artist, perpetuated this know-how with mastery, creating ornate works of great finesse. His shop keeps a magnificent shopfront adorned with ironwork, where the metal becomes lace, curves and arabesques, illustrating the refinement of this art at the end of the nineteenth and the beginning of the twentieth century. A precious detail that rewards the attentive gaze, the former shop of Ferdinand Marrou is a fine stop of the discovery of Rouen, to be admired by raising the eyes.

What to see

You admire, raising the eyes in the Rue Saint-Romain, the magnificent ornate shopfront of the former shop of the famous Rouen art ironworker Ferdinand Marrou, where the wrought iron becomes lace, curves and arabesques, illustrating the refinement of this art and the rich tradition of ironwork in Rouen. The former shop of Ferdinand Marrou is a precious detail of Rouen. It is a stop to be discovered, to be explored on foot.

Practical information

The former shop of Ferdinand Marrou lies in the Rue Saint-Romain, in the heart of Rouen, reachable on foot. You admire its shopfront from the street, raising the eyes. You discover it during a walk in the cathedral district.

Who was Ferdinand Marrou in Rouen?

A famous Rouen art ironworker, who perpetuated with mastery the rich tradition of wrought iron of the town; his former shop, in the Rue Saint-Romain, keeps a magnificent ornate shopfront where the metal becomes lace, curves and arabesques.