. A summer voyage on the river Saône. With a hundred and forty-eight illustrations. ?*- Ta Wl Place du Chdtekt,Chalon. 4?. On the right hand, as you descend the river towards the bridge,stand the twin towers of the cathedral, substantial and, alas !likely to last as examples of modern Gothic. Unhappily a greatmaterial mistake of this kind is never rectified. All the vulearwould cry out if so much excellent masonry, worth so many francsthe square metre, were demolished for a mere question of 1 The old towers, according to M. Chevrier, were unlike each other and unworthyof the nave, yet st
. A summer voyage on the river Saône. With a hundred and forty-eight illustrations. ?*- Ta Wl Place du Chdtekt,Chalon. 4?. On the right hand, as you descend the river towards the bridge,stand the twin towers of the cathedral, substantial and, alas !likely to last as examples of modern Gothic. Unhappily a greatmaterial mistake of this kind is never rectified. All the vulearwould cry out if so much excellent masonry, worth so many francsthe square metre, were demolished for a mere question of 1 The old towers, according to M. Chevrier, were unlike each other and unworthyof the nave, yet still preferable to these which were erected between 1827 and185L 214 The Saone. The interior of the cathedral has been restored, but notspoiled like the west front. Without deserving a place amongstthe great French cathedrals, it is a fine church of the fifteenthcentury. The architecture is simple, and the arches do notimpress the imagination by height, but the capitals are wellcarved, and the windows rich in stained glass. The square before the cathedral which serves as the market-place must have been perfect with th
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