. Rheims and the battles for its possession . THE FA£ADEOF THE LYCEE,DESTROYEDBY THEBOMBARDMENTS 98 DOOR OF THEPET1 1 S, Rue Vauthier- le-Noir. On either side of the arcade are heads of Jean qui rit and Jean qui only the chapel and one of the buildings are left. The rest was burnt ordestroyed by shell-fire. The Lycee replaced the old College des Bans Enfants, founded in the Mid-dle Ages, and rebuilt in the 16th century by the Cardinal de Lorraine, founderof the University of Rheims. Of the old College, only the central part remained, in the second courtbuilt by Archbishop Charles Maur
. Rheims and the battles for its possession . THE FA£ADEOF THE LYCEE,DESTROYEDBY THEBOMBARDMENTS 98 DOOR OF THEPET1 1 S, Rue Vauthier- le-Noir. On either side of the arcade are heads of Jean qui rit and Jean qui only the chapel and one of the buildings are left. The rest was burnt ordestroyed by shell-fire. The Lycee replaced the old College des Bans Enfants, founded in the Mid-dle Ages, and rebuilt in the 16th century by the Cardinal de Lorraine, founderof the University of Rheims. Of the old College, only the central part remained, in the second courtbuilt by Archbishop Charles Maurice Le Tellier in 1686 and the followingyears. The gate of the Cour des Etudes dates from 1688. The ancient door of the College—the tympana of whose arcading containtwo laughing and crying heads—was transferred to the entrance of the PetitLycee, at No. 5 of the street on the right of the Lycee (Rue Vauthier-le-Noir){photo above). Shortly after the Lycee, turn to the right into the Place Godinot, then takethe Rue St. Pierre-les-Dames on the right. At No. 8 are the ruins of the Abbeyof St. Pierre-les-Dames. Of this celebrated Abbey, where several royal persons stayed: Mary Stuarttwice, in her childhood and afte
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