Paris and environs, with routes from London to Paris : handbook for travellers . C h a p e 11 0 fel /. 7fj; I ftolice Horrecti<JJiiiiellje [J | i ^p Premier Eta^e M imprinie parWainerADebesleipzi* PALAIS DK JTTSTTnE. Cif^ in. 269 The *Palais de Justice (PI. E, 20; F), a vast pile of build-ings, has occupied since the 15th cent, the site of the old palaceof the kings of France, which had succeeded that of the old Romano:overnors. St. Louis (d. 1270) presented part of the building to theParlement, or supreme court, and Charles YII. ceded the rest ofit in 1431. In 1618 and 1
Paris and environs, with routes from London to Paris : handbook for travellers . C h a p e 11 0 fel /. 7fj; I ftolice Horrecti<JJiiiiellje [J | i ^p Premier Eta^e M imprinie parWainerADebesleipzi* PALAIS DK JTTSTTnE. Cif^ in. 269 The *Palais de Justice (PI. E, 20; F), a vast pile of build-ings, has occupied since the 15th cent, the site of the old palaceof the kings of France, which had succeeded that of the old Romano:overnors. St. Louis (d. 1270) presented part of the building to theParlement, or supreme court, and Charles YII. ceded the rest ofit in 1431. In 1618 and 1776 the palace was so dama2:ed by firethat only four towers, parts of the basement, and the Sainte-Cha-pelle (p. 271) have survived. The Tour de VHorloge, at the , dating from 1298, is adorned with sculptures by GermainPilon, restored in 1852. Its clock, which has a fine dial, wasrenewed in 1370 and restored in 1585 and 1852, and is perhapsthe oldest public clock in France. On the N. facade, on the Quaide IHorloge, are the Tour de C^sar and the Tour d*Argent, and,farther on, the crenellat
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