Arts Precinct, Barentin is a town located in Normandy, in the department of Seine-Maritime. It is the center of the urban unit of Barentin and is located fifteen kilometers from Rouen and the capital of Caux, Yvetot. Crossed by the tourist valley of the Austreberthe, the common Barentin offers unique landscapes and a very green setting.
Known since the beginning of the eleventh century for its economic activities, the city of Barentin was the place of important paper mills Home or mills in the Middle Ages. Today, the city is mostly oriented high technology, as well as on tourism. Barentin has an important cultural life and many shops that attract many visitors each year.
Ancient monuments abound in the Normandy town, and tourists can admire the history of the old medieval city through churches and newer buildings.
Tourist places to explore abound in the town of Barentin. One can admire a few centuries of history all over the streets of the city.
Built between 1855 and 1860, the Saint Martin church has a beautiful Romanesque Revival style. Its architecture is reminiscent of the Saint-Georges de Boscherville abbey with its sober interior vaults on intersecting ribs or stained glass. The windows were almost all destroyed during the 1944 bombings.
Former castle chapel of Barentin, St. Helier chapel was built in the sixteenth century. Built checkerboard of white stone and flint, it has a head of the fourteenth century. A pilgrimage that takes place on 16 July, allows celebrate the saint.
Walking through the city of Barentin, visitors can admire the town hall dating from the early twentieth century, a fountain in the square of the Liberation, ice and paintings Montdory theater, or the railway viaduct the Paris - Le Havre.
A museum in the city can appreciate different statues around the town. Known as the city of a hundred statues, Barentin present and nearly 160 statues, including a replica of the Statue of Liberty in polyester built for the film of Gérard Oury, The Brain, or works of Auguste Rodin and Paul Belmondo.
An outdoor theater installed in 1956 has seventeen columns that come from the Tuileries Palace destroyed in 1871.
Barentin The market is held every Saturday morning.
In June, Barentin offers its Festivals of summer with several shows of all kinds.
