. Paris and environs with routes from London to Paris; handbook for travellers. 1708, captured there by the Austrians in 1757, andbrought by Isapoleon from Vienna after the Battle of Austerlitz alongwith 2333 other cannon; a Dutch piece, captured at the siege of Antwerpin 1832; a rifled cannon from Sebastopol; a mortar from Algiers. — Onthe left: a long swivel-gun from WurtemlDerg, a masterpiece of its kind,decorated with a serpent and allegorical figures; a Venetian piece, of1708; the remaining pieces correspond to those on the right side. The garden is adorned with a Statue of Prince Eugene
. Paris and environs with routes from London to Paris; handbook for travellers. 1708, captured there by the Austrians in 1757, andbrought by Isapoleon from Vienna after the Battle of Austerlitz alongwith 2333 other cannon; a Dutch piece, captured at the siege of Antwerpin 1832; a rifled cannon from Sebastopol; a mortar from Algiers. — Onthe left: a long swivel-gun from WurtemlDerg, a masterpiece of its kind,decorated with a serpent and allegorical figures; a Venetian piece, of1708; the remaining pieces correspond to those on the right side. The garden is adorned with a Statue of Prince Eugene de Beau-harnais (1781-1824), in bronze, by Dumont. The Facade of this vast edifice is about 220 yds. in length. Thethree stories are surmounted with trophies in stone. At the principalentrance are an equestrian figure of Louis XIY. in bas-relief, andstatues of Mars and Minerva, in bronze, all by Coustouthe Younger,In front of the wings are placed four groups in bronze, hy Desjardins,emblematical of four conquered nations. They formerly belonged to Espiaiiade des Irivalides.
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