Northern France : from Belgium and the English Channel to the Loire, excluding Paris and its environs : handbook for travellers . ains the tomb of Dom Calmet, Abbotof Senones (1672-1757), with a modern statue by Falguicre (lirst chapel tothe left). Senones was the residence of the princes of Sahn (now extinct),and their Chateau (18th cent.) has been almost wholly de-troyed, with theexception of a part now occupied by the Hdiel de Ville. — Senonea is 10 St. Blaise., a station on the line from Saales to Strassburg (p. 330). Beyond Etival the train crosses the Meurthe and skirts its leftb
Northern France : from Belgium and the English Channel to the Loire, excluding Paris and its environs : handbook for travellers . ains the tomb of Dom Calmet, Abbotof Senones (1672-1757), with a modern statue by Falguicre (lirst chapel tothe left). Senones was the residence of the princes of Sahn (now extinct),and their Chateau (18th cent.) has been almost wholly de-troyed, with theexception of a part now occupied by the Hdiel de Ville. — Senonea is 10 St. Blaise., a station on the line from Saales to Strassburg (p. 330). Beyond Etival the train crosses the Meurthe and skirts its leftbank. Near St. Die, to the right, rises the COte St. Martin (p. 329). 311/2 M. St. Die (1030 ft.; Hotel de la Poste ; du Coimmrce:Continental, at the station), a town with 21,400 inhab., occupies apicturesque site on the left bank of the Meurthe, surrounded withmountains. Its name is derived from St. Deodatus or Pieudonnc,who founded a monastery here in the 6th cent., which afterwardsbecame a powerful collegiate establishment. St. Pii> is still the seatof a bishop. In 1757, after a destructive conflagration, the W. part. to SI. Die. ST. DIE. 45 Route. 329 of tlie town was rebuilt on a regular plan by Stanislaus Lesczinski,then Duke of Lorraine. The rest of the town, however, is badlylaid out and meanly built. St. Die carries on an extensive trade intimber, and contains several weaving, hosiery, and other factories. From the station we reach the centre of the town via the IJueGambetta and the Rue Thiers. To the left of the latter is the Hotelde Ville, in the modern quarter (Rue Stanislas), containing a Museum(in which the natural history collections are noteworthy) and anextensive Public Library. In the adjoinig square is the Jules Ferry (1832-93), by Mercie; the statue of France is a por-trait of Mm e. Ferry. The Cathedra^ a little farther on, is an edifice of grey sandstone,erected at different periods and partly Romanesque and partly Gothicin style. To the N. i
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