. Paris and environs with routes from London to Paris; handbook for travellers. \>y Lescotand Bullant, and enlarged in 1660 by F. Mansart, who built theprincipal facade in the Rue Sevigne. The portal, however, withsculptures attributed to Jear^ Goujon, is earlier. The house waspurchased by the city in 1869, and thoroughly restored. The Museum (Director, M. Cain) is open to the public on Tues.,and Thurs., 11-5 (4 in winter). Sticks and umbrellas must be given labels everywhere. Those whose time is limited should through the gronndfloor of the right wing and
. Paris and environs with routes from London to Paris; handbook for travellers. \>y Lescotand Bullant, and enlarged in 1660 by F. Mansart, who built theprincipal facade in the Rue Sevigne. The portal, however, withsculptures attributed to Jear^ Goujon, is earlier. The house waspurchased by the city in 1869, and thoroughly restored. The Museum (Director, M. Cain) is open to the public on Tues.,and Thurs., 11-5 (4 in winter). Sticks and umbrellas must be given labels everywhere. Those whose time is limited should through the gronndfloor of the right wing and ascend at once tothe first floor by the main staircase in the central building (p. 214). 214 8. MUS^E CARNAVALET. The archway, under which, to the right, is the entrance to themuseum, leads to a Court, in the centre of which is a fine bronzeStatue of Louis XIV., by Ant. Coyzevox, brought from the old Hotelde Ville. The sculptures of the Seasons, on the facade facing thearchway, are attributed to Jean Goujon. To the left is a staircaseto the first floor. j __! ;^ LI iji^—:. Rjfe. des France- Bntirrjaois i £_ -r . ^i :i ieti-e s Ground Floor. Right Wing (entrance beneath the areliway): Niiu SmallRooms (PI. I, II) containing prehistoric, Roman, and Merovingian anti-quities. Among the Roman relics are stones from the Amphitheatre inthe Rue Monge (p. 270), architectural fragments, sarcophagi, reliefs, mill-stone?, and mile-stones. The Main Building, to the left as we come from the preceding rooms,contains Four Booms with additional Antiquities; fragments of Gallo-Romanbuildings; 16th cent, chimney-piece; earthenware, glass, bronzes, andcoins, found in Gallo-Roman, Merovingian, and mediSBval tombs; tomb-inscriptions. — Beyond the last room, to the left, is the principal staircase,ascending to the first floor; to the right is a door to the garden, behindthe Hotel Camavalet proper. The Garden is surrounded on the three other sides with constructionsnot belonging to the Hotel Carna
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