Days near Paris . The tomb of Martin Ruze bearshis kneeling figure wearing the order of the St. Esprit. 23 k. Orsay, famous for the robber chieftains whooccupied its castle in the reign of Charles VI. and existing chateau is surrounded by a moat, supplied bythe Yvette. One of the seigneurs of the neighboringBures, distinguished in the crusades, was made Viceroy ofJerusalem during the captivity of Baldwin II. 26 /^. Gif.—Some small remains exist of the Bene-dictine abbey of Notre-Dame dtc Val de Gif, founded in 3o8 DA YS NEAR PARIS the XII. c, enclosed in the garden of Mme EdmondAdam (J
Days near Paris . The tomb of Martin Ruze bearshis kneeling figure wearing the order of the St. Esprit. 23 k. Orsay, famous for the robber chieftains whooccupied its castle in the reign of Charles VI. and existing chateau is surrounded by a moat, supplied bythe Yvette. One of the seigneurs of the neighboringBures, distinguished in the crusades, was made Viceroy ofJerusalem during the captivity of Baldwin II. 26 /^. Gif.—Some small remains exist of the Bene-dictine abbey of Notre-Dame dtc Val de Gif, founded in 3o8 DA YS NEAR PARIS the XII. c, enclosed in the garden of Mme EdmondAdam (Juliette Lamber), the authoress. A crypt is of theend of the XI. c. 31 /^. St. Re7ny.—An ouxuibus (20 c.) meets all thetrains for (2 k.) Chevreuse—Caprosia—(Hotel de VEspe-rance, 2l pleasant clean little country inn, a good centre forartists), a little town nestling under a steep hill crownedby the ruins of a large chateau—known in the country sideas La Madeleine from its former chapel, ruined long before. CHEVREUSE. the Revolution. The seigneury of Chevreuse was givenby Frangois I. to the Duchesse dEtampes; but after thedeath of Francois I. her domains passed to Claude deLorraine, Archbishop of Rheims. In 1612 Chevreuse wasmade a duchy for Marie de Rohan-Montbazon, widow ofthe Connetable de Luynes, whose second husband wasthe younger son of Balafre, Due de Guise. From its don-jon tower, Racine, placed there by his uncle, the intendantof the house of Luynes, to overlook some workmen, meta- DAMPIERRE 309 phorically dated his letter of Babylofte, January 2G, are some XII. c. remains of zxi Abbey of St, Saturnmopposite the portal of the church. No. 14 Rue de Ver-sailles is the curious Maison des Bannieres. The ascent tothe castle, with its steps in wood, presents many pictur-esque points of view. A carriage (10 fr.) may be taken from Chevreuse forthe excursion to Dampierre and Vaux-le-Cernay, and,reaching Chevreuse in the middle of the day, there isplenty of ti
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