Along France's river of romance: . ^ a curtain-wall to a thirteenth-century forti-fied tower—the oldest part of the castle of the Bishopsof Orleans—is the most interesting of the old buildings. The Porte dAmont at Meiing which have survived. Besides the church, one of theold town gates, the Porte dAmont, and some ancientdwelling-houses, are all that remain to remind one of the BEAUGENCY 191 past. The church is very curious, and has, inside, akind of beautiful severity. It is flanked on the west bya great Romanesque tower surmounted by a pyramidalstone spire ; a robust, substantial tower whose
Along France's river of romance: . ^ a curtain-wall to a thirteenth-century forti-fied tower—the oldest part of the castle of the Bishopsof Orleans—is the most interesting of the old buildings. The Porte dAmont at Meiing which have survived. Besides the church, one of theold town gates, the Porte dAmont, and some ancientdwelling-houses, are all that remain to remind one of the BEAUGENCY 191 past. The church is very curious, and has, inside, akind of beautiful severity. It is flanked on the west bya great Romanesque tower surmounted by a pyramidalstone spire ; a robust, substantial tower whose gapingarches at the top, before the spire begins, are hauntedby circling crows that seem to enhance its effect ofantiquity. The Porte dAmont is a simple square tower builtacross the road, finished with a roof sloping steeply to apoint, and crowned by a little turret. As the strangerenters the town he can look up at a clock se^t where theroof begins, and at the saint in his niche just over thearch. As I have said, there is not much of interest inMeung besides the church, the remains of the bishopscastle, this gate, and some buildings near the bridge con-nected with Louis XI, who is said
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