Identifier: daysnearparis00hare (find matches)
Title: Days near Paris
Year: 1888 (1880s)
Authors: Hare, Augustus J. C. (Augustus John Cuthbert), 1834-1903
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Publisher: New York, London and Glasgow, G. Routledge and sons
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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nts. A greatdeal of fine stained-glass of 1578 remains, most of thewindows—superb in color—representing scriptural sub-jects, with the donors kneeling in front, often presentedby their patron saints. In the first window (right) kneelHenri III. and Catherine de Medicis, attended by pagesand ladies. Facing the church is the castle on its hill, andLa Porte Bardou closing the uphill street, and supposedto derive its name from Hugues Bardoulf, father-in-law ofSimon de Montfort. From a side street on the right, inascending the hill, a pretty flamboyant portal gives access MONTFORT-VAMA UR Y 349 to the XV. c. cloisters of a convent, with good woodenvaulting, the enclosed space being now used as a cemetery.Amongst the tombs is that of the Duchesse de Bethune-Charost, daughter of the Marquis de Tourzel, governessof Louis XVII. Little remains of the castle except twotowers, one hexagonal, of admirable brick- and stone-work.There are some ruins of another castle near the chateauof Groussaye.
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,--^,,.,KT^5^«r^ PORTE BARDOtT, MONTFORT-laMAURY. The modern chapel of Notre Dame du Ckene, on theroad to Artoire, contains a miraculous statue of theVirgin, said to have been found in an oak. Near this isthe XVII. c. chateau of Mesnuls, which belongs to theComte de Nogent. In the neighboring forest of St. Legerwas the Chateau de St. Hubert^ a richly-decorated hunting-lodge, built by Gabriel for Louis XIV. and destroyed byLouis XVI. 56 y^. Tacoi^nieres. To the right of the line is Riche- 35© BAYS NEAR PARIS bourg, which has a fine XV. c. church, with a peculiar andgraceful spire. 62, k. Houdan (omnibus, 25 c.), the ancient Hodincum,retains its old fortress-tower, built by Amaury III. deMontfort (c. 1130). It has a fine unfinished gothic church,and (39 Rue de Paris) a richly-ornamented old timbermansion. 6 k. east, at Gambais^ is a large moated chateauof the XIV. c. 82 k. Dreux (Hotel du Paradis, good), crowned by itsroyal burial-place, and the remains of the castle of theComtes de D

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