Days near Paris . vaultedhalls. We must take the Rue Bellon (first on left in descend-ing the Grande Rue) and proceed in a direct line till wereach a crucifix, then follow a stony road (right) to awatermill, opposite which take a paved lane to reach(right), in the gardens of a chateau, the beautiful ruins ofthe Abbaye de la Victoire, founded by Philippe Auguste inhonor of the victory of Bouvines. The architect was amonk named Menand. Louis XI. often used to stay atthis abbey, and built a chateau close by (which was pulled * To visit the interior apply at No. 6 Rue St. Frambourg-. ABBA YE BE LA
Days near Paris . vaultedhalls. We must take the Rue Bellon (first on left in descend-ing the Grande Rue) and proceed in a direct line till wereach a crucifix, then follow a stony road (right) to awatermill, opposite which take a paved lane to reach(right), in the gardens of a chateau, the beautiful ruins ofthe Abbaye de la Victoire, founded by Philippe Auguste inhonor of the victory of Bouvines. The architect was amonk named Menand. Louis XI. often used to stay atthis abbey, and built a chateau close by (which was pulled * To visit the interior apply at No. 6 Rue St. Frambourg-. ABBA YE BE LA VICTOIRE 221 down by the monks in 1599), where he signed a treaty ofpeace with Francois II. of Brittany. In 1783 the abbeywas suppressed, and the greater part of its buildings werepulled down. The existing remains are those of threebays of the south aisle of the choir, which had been re-stored 1472-1519. Very near the Abbaye de la Victoire, 3 \ k. from Senlis,is the ancient Chateau of Mont VEveque, which was the. ABBAYE DE LA VICTOIRE. summer residence of the bishops of Senlis. ^\k. further(twenty minutes walk from the station of Barbery, on theline from Senlis to Crepy-en-Valois) is the ruined castleof Montepilloy (Mons Speculatorum), built in the XII. c,partly rebuilt by Louis dOrleans in 1400, and dismantledat the end of the XVI. c. Ermenonville (13/^.) may be visited from Senlis. SeeChap. XI. 222 DA YS NEAR PARIS The excursion to Chantilly and Senlis may be com-bined with that to Pierrefonds and Compiegne, by takingthe railway to the former, changing at line passes— 60 k. (from Paris) Barbery (the nearest station to Mont-epilloy). The church was consecrated in 1586 by Guil-laume Rose, Bishop of Senlis, famous in the this is the chateau of Chamant^ which belonged toLucien Bonaparte. There is a monument to his first wife,Eleonore Boyer. Madame Lucien was interred in the park of her property atPlessis Chamant. Her husband built over her a mon
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