Days near Paris . with de-struction, 1887) has perfectly-preserved buildings of theXV. c, on the brook Vieux-Moutier, of which the sourceis not far distant. One of the high officials of the first empire, ComteRegnault de Saint-Jean-dAngely, transformed the abbeyinto a chateau, and raised a colossal statue of Napoleon the park; but all his works have already perished. Pedestrians will walk across to the station of Auvers,on the opposite line, or one may go on from Meriel to the 192 DA YS NEAR PARIS next station of Valmondois^ and there wait for a train goingsouth to— 2i2i k. (from Paris),
Days near Paris . with de-struction, 1887) has perfectly-preserved buildings of theXV. c, on the brook Vieux-Moutier, of which the sourceis not far distant. One of the high officials of the first empire, ComteRegnault de Saint-Jean-dAngely, transformed the abbeyinto a chateau, and raised a colossal statue of Napoleon the park; but all his works have already perished. Pedestrians will walk across to the station of Auvers,on the opposite line, or one may go on from Meriel to the 192 DA YS NEAR PARIS next station of Valmondois^ and there wait for a train goingsouth to— 2i2i k. (from Paris), Auvers.—The noble cruciformchurch, situated on a height, has a picturesque gabledtower. The chapel at the end of the left aisle is XII. choir was rebuilt in the XVI. c. The nave (XIII. early XIV. c.) is surrounded by a gothic gallery. 29 /^. Pontoise (Hotels du Pontoise, de la Gare; omni-bus 20 c).—A very picturesque little town on a heightabove the Oise, which is crossed by a stone bridge of five. FIFTEENTH-CENTURY MILL (aBBAYE DU VAL). arches. Pontoise existed in the time of the Gauls, whocalled it Briva Isarae (the bridge of the Oise) : theRomans called it Pons Isarae. The early kings of Francewere often here. Philippe I. coined moneta Pontisiensis,St. Louis spent the early years of his married life here, ina castle in the upper tower, Mont Belien,^ and here, afterrecovering from a dangerous illness, in 1244, he took thevows of a crusader. La roine mere faisoit a la roine Marguerite de grandesrudesses ; elle ne vouloit souifrir que le roi hantat la roine sa 1 Only destroyed in the XVIII. c. PONTOISE IQ^ femme, ni demeurat en sa compagnie ; et, quand .e roi che-vauchoit aucunes fois par sa royaume avec les deux roines, com-munement la roine Blanche faisoit separer le roi et la roineMarguerite, et ils netoient jamais logis ensemblement. Etadvint une fois queux etant a Pontoise, le roi etoit loge au-dessus du logis de la roine sa femme etavait instruit ses huis
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