. Southern France, including Corsica: handbook for travellers. There is also a school ofagriculture. Montpellier was the birthplace of Auguste Comte (1798-1857). The square outside the station (PI. D, 5) is embellished with aMonument to Planchon (1823-88), late Director of the Jardin desPlantes, who introduced the American vine after the devastationsof the phylloxera. — Rue Maguelone, leading to the Place de laComedie and the Musee, see p. 272. The Rue de la Republique leads to the to the boulevards,which make the circuit of the old town. At the end of the street isthe Tour de la Babotte,
. Southern France, including Corsica: handbook for travellers. There is also a school ofagriculture. Montpellier was the birthplace of Auguste Comte (1798-1857). The square outside the station (PI. D, 5) is embellished with aMonument to Planchon (1823-88), late Director of the Jardin desPlantes, who introduced the American vine after the devastationsof the phylloxera. — Rue Maguelone, leading to the Place de laComedie and the Musee, see p. 272. The Rue de la Republique leads to the to the boulevards,which make the circuit of the old town. At the end of the street isthe Tour de la Babotte, dating from the fortification of the 12th cent,and afterwards used as an observatory. The following Boulevard delObservatoire ends in a little square, containing a statue, by VitalDubray, of Ed. Adam (1768-1807), whose improvements in thepreparation of wine have been of great importance for the South ofFrance. The *Peyrou (PI. A, B, 3, 4), in the higher part of the town, isa flue promenade dating chiefly from the 17 -18th centuries. The B. -p1—=—rrijn—pw ,A /^ I » ******** Jt * $ ? «t»tatl«u, „ §1 * ;.; r\\ • °- % - « v* « \ ^ * W 1 fl^%^?-. **-Z^^L \^- MONTPEUtCB %\\ \ ^«<a v i| \ ?? — .?;?•- -? ° ° ° el- Ll\A^.l_^i2 /j^a _L W / ^2^I± _l ,, A I B C X_ D SrsLvg etinxprime pa Wa^nei ! Cathedral. MONTPELLIER. ///. Route il. 271 Porte duPeyrou on the right side of the boulevard, a triumphal arch,50 ft. high and 60 ft. wide, was erected in 1691, in honour ofLouis XIV., by DAviler, after DOrbay. The bas-reliefs representthe Victories of Louis XIV., the Union of the Mediterranean withthe Atlantic by the Canal du Midi, and the Revocation of the Edict ofNantes. At the sides of the great railing of the Peyrou are two stonegroups by Injalbert, Love overcoming Strength. The promenade isembellished with a bronze Equestrian Statue of Louis XIV., byDebay (1829), and other statues. Attheendis a monumental WaterReservoir (view exte
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