Days near Paris . ully constructed. .. If it is desired to ascertain the extreme limit to which thearchi, ts if the end of the XII, c. attained in lightness of the-rafpoints of support, and in stahiUty ^^^\:^:^^,the equilibrium of opposrng ^^^^^ of the church of St. Leu-d tssereni. There are considerable remains, near the west end ofthe church, of a priory, founded within the fortifications ofhis castle by Hugues dEsserent, Comte de D=«^«;the XI c, in gratitude to the Benedictines of the Wood 204 DA YS NEAR PARIS of St. Michel, who paid his ransom when he was takenprisone
Days near Paris . ully constructed. .. If it is desired to ascertain the extreme limit to which thearchi, ts if the end of the XII, c. attained in lightness of the-rafpoints of support, and in stahiUty ^^^\:^:^^,the equilibrium of opposrng ^^^^^ of the church of St. Leu-d tssereni. There are considerable remains, near the west end ofthe church, of a priory, founded within the fortifications ofhis castle by Hugues dEsserent, Comte de D=«^«;the XI c, in gratitude to the Benedictines of the Wood 204 DA YS NEAR PARIS of St. Michel, who paid his ransom when he was takenprisoner whilst on pilgrimage to Palestine. The mostremarkable remnant of the priory is a machicolated gate-way of the XIV. c, intended apparently as much for theentrance to a farm as for a fortified gate. There are beau-tiful later renaissance buildings. 67 k, Creil (Buffet; Hotel de PEpee, Leon (TArgent,des Chemins-de-fer), the ancient Credulium, is a pretty townon the Oise. Its old turreted houses rise straight from. ST. leu-desserent. the river by the bridge, with the church spire behind the castle, pulled down by the Prince de Conde beforethe Revolution, was a chamber, with a balcony enclosedby an iron grille, where Charles VI. was shut up duringhis madness. The island, where the castle once stood, isnow occupied by the remains of the Abbey of St. Evre-mo7td, of which the desecrated choir exists, and showssome friezes of great beauty. The Church has a towerand crocketed spire (1551); near the entrance (right) are NOGENT-LES- VIERGES 205 remains of a chimney for warming the water used inbaptisms. I k. north-west of Creil is Nogent-les- Vierges^ whereClovis is said to have had his camp when he drove out theRoman legions from Gaul, and where the earliest kingshad a palace, in which Thierry III. was surprised by therebel Ebroin, maire du palais, in 673.
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