Paris and environs, with routes from London to Paris : handbook for travellers . GraW •* xKipriBe p«r iCratar&s -•. Vi* CUmS^^g^\^ ?.jT.« i. n»k». l.»rfi.$ PONTAINEBLEAU. 54. Ronte. 433 To the right, beyond St-Aspais, in the Rue de rHotel-de-Yille,is the Hotel de Ville, a handsome Renaissance edifice, part ofwhich is ancient, though it was not completed until 1848. In theinterior is a small Museum^ comprising local antiquities, paint-ings, and casts of works by the sculptor Chapu (1833-91), who wasborn in the neighbourhood. The court is adorned with a marbleStatue of Amyot (1513-93), a native

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Paris and environs, with routes from London to Paris : handbook for travellers . GraW •* xKipriBe p«r iCratar&s -•. Vi* CUmS^^g^\^ ?.jT.« i. n»k». l.»rfi.$ PONTAINEBLEAU. 54. Ronte. 433 To the right, beyond St-Aspais, in the Rue de rHotel-de-Yille,is the Hotel de Ville, a handsome Renaissance edifice, part ofwhich is ancient, though it was not completed until 1848. In theinterior is a small Museum^ comprising local antiquities, paint-ings, and casts of works by the sculptor Chapu (1833-91), who wasborn in the neighbourhood. The court is adorned with a marbleStatue of Amyot (1513-93), a native of Melun, Bishop of Auxerre;it was executed by Godin in 1860. The Rue de IHotel-de-Yilleleads to the Place St-Jean, with a modern fountain. The Chateau de Vaux-Praslin or Vaux-le-Vicomtey a gorg-eousstructure of the 17th cent., lying 3V4 M. to the of Melun, togetherwith its immense park, cost Nicolas Fouqnet, surintendant des financesunder Louis XIV., the sum of 720,000^. The interior may be inspectedon application to the proprietor, M. Sommier, 57 Rue de Ponthieu, Paris(comp. p. 60). Steam Tramwa

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