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The historical monuments of France (1898)

Hunnewell, James Frothingham, 1832-1910 · Boston : Houghton, Mifflin and Company · leaf 272

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ibed, andyet the treasures of the country furnish many other temptingsubjects, that here must be only mentioned. The old castles,most of them now ruins, and the antique streets and houses,like the Rue de Jerzual that plunges down the hillside atDinan, abound in picturesqueness, and illustrate… … CHUECHES. — MONT ST. MICHEL. 211 The church of Notre Dame du Folgoet, eight miles fromLanderneau, dates from 1364 to 1423. Some persons maythink that it is rather the result of superstition than of faith(for it was built as a memorial of a dubious miracle) ; but it isa remarkable achievement.…

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