A Ramble Round FranceCassell & Company, 1885 - 224 pages |
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Page 13
... Hôtel de Ville , which was used as a lighthouse until 1848 , and is now a watch - tower for fires . The town hall , which has a belfry above it containing the chimes , is a fine old building standing in the large market- place . The ...
... Hôtel de Ville , which was used as a lighthouse until 1848 , and is now a watch - tower for fires . The town hall , which has a belfry above it containing the chimes , is a fine old building standing in the large market- place . The ...
Page 16
... Hôtel de Ville are very prominent and picturesque objects , and besides these , there is the handsome Church of Nôtre Dame , built on the site of the Gothic cathe- dral that was destroyed in the Great Revolution . Under- neath it is a ...
... Hôtel de Ville are very prominent and picturesque objects , and besides these , there is the handsome Church of Nôtre Dame , built on the site of the Gothic cathe- dral that was destroyed in the Great Revolution . Under- neath it is a ...
Page 36
... Hôtel de Ville is a handsome building of the time of Francis I. , and in it are preserved the chair of the Mayor Guiton , and the council - table on which he placed the dagger which he desired should be thrust into the heart of any one ...
... Hôtel de Ville is a handsome building of the time of Francis I. , and in it are preserved the chair of the Mayor Guiton , and the council - table on which he placed the dagger which he desired should be thrust into the heart of any one ...
Page 49
... Hôtel du Bourgthéroude , in the same Place , but built round a court , is a beautiful specimen of a house of the sixteenth century . The inner wall of the court is ornamented with marble carvings , representing the D meeting of Henry ...
... Hôtel du Bourgthéroude , in the same Place , but built round a court , is a beautiful specimen of a house of the sixteenth century . The inner wall of the court is ornamented with marble carvings , representing the D meeting of Henry ...
Page 54
... Hôtel de Ville , a handsome building , which contains the fine public library , open every day for nine hours . Besides the large number of valuable books , there are about 3,000 MSS . , many of them beautifully illuminated . A drive to ...
... Hôtel de Ville , a handsome building , which contains the fine public library , open every day for nine hours . Besides the large number of valuable books , there are about 3,000 MSS . , many of them beautifully illuminated . A drive to ...
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