Paris and its story, by T. Okey; illustrated by Katherine Kimball & O. F. M. Ward (1904)
Okey, Thomas, 1852-1935 · London : J. M. Dent & co.; New York, The Macmillan co. · leaf 438
thesouth. The Grand Chatelet, demolished in 1802, was theofficial seat and prison of the Provost of Paris, where heheld his criminal court and organised the city watch. TheColumn and Fountain of Victory which now stand in thePlace commemorate the victories of Napoleon in Egyptand Italy. Nowhere in… … S. EUSTACHE. THE VILLE 301 mense necropolis of the Innocents is now partly oc-cupied by the Square des Innocents adorned by Lescotsfountain. A curious early fifteenth-century story is associatedwith this charnel house. One morning the wife of Adamde la Gonesse and her niece, two bourgeoises of…
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