Days near Paris . 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
Days near Paris . 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 NOGENT-LES-VIERGES. To the right is the Church of Villers St. Paul Itsnave and aisles are romanesque, with gothic arches rest-ing upon its huge columns and capitals. The choir andtower, flanked by four tourelles, are gothic. The porch,in the fagade, has curious sculptures. A road turning to the left at the entrance of the village 2o6 ^^-i ^S NEAR PARIS of Nogent, past the front of the chateau of Villers, leadsfor 2 k. along the foot of the hills to the hamlet of Royau-mont, above which, strikingly placed on the steep rockycrest of a wooded hill, with an old chateau nestling underit, and a wide view over the plain, is the interesting Churchof JVogent-les-Vierges, dedicated to the Assumption. Thebeautiful tower has three tiers of arcades, ornamented atthe angles by columns, twisted or adorned with foliage,and with a gabled roof. The very ancient nave—withgothic additions—has stone roofs. Two bas-reliefs on thepillars under the tower come from the destroyed church ofSt. Marguerite at
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