. Paris and its story, by T. Okey; illustrated by Katherine Kimball & O. F. M. Ward . noble horse cast by Daniello daVolterra, in the middle of the gardens, fine ladies werecarried in their sedan-chairs and angry gallants foughtout their quarrels. And now on the scene of thesebrilliant revels, peaceful inhabitants of the east of Parissun themselves and children play. Bronze horse androyal rider went to the melting pot of the Revolu-tion to be forged into the cannon that defeated andhumbled the allied kings of Europe, and a feeble marbleequestrian statue, erected under the Restoration, occupies
. Paris and its story, by T. Okey; illustrated by Katherine Kimball & O. F. M. Ward . noble horse cast by Daniello daVolterra, in the middle of the gardens, fine ladies werecarried in their sedan-chairs and angry gallants foughtout their quarrels. And now on the scene of thesebrilliant revels, peaceful inhabitants of the east of Parissun themselves and children play. Bronze horse androyal rider went to the melting pot of the Revolu-tion to be forged into the cannon that defeated andhumbled the allied kings of Europe, and a feeble marbleequestrian statue, erected under the Restoration, occupies ■ The north tower was left only partially constructed, and wasfinished bv Louis XIII. i88 PARIS AND ITS STORY its place. Henry also partly rebuilt the Hotel Dieu,created new streets, and widened others. New fountainsand quays were built ; the Porte du Temple was re-opened, and the Porte des Tournelles constructed. Un-happily, some of the old wooden bridges remained, and onSunday, 22nd December 1596, the Pont aux Meuniers(Millers Bridge), just below the Pont au Change, suddenly. PLACE DES VOSGES. collapsed, with all its shops and houses, and sixty personsperished. They were not much regretted, for most ofthem had enriched themselves by the plunder of Hugue-nots, and during the troubles of the League. The bridge wasrebuilt of wood, at the cost of the captain of the corps ofarchers, and as the houses were painted each with thefigure of a bird, the new bridge was known as the Pontaux Oiseaux (Bridge of Birds). It spanned the river fromthe end of the Rue St. Denis and the arch of the GrandChatelet to the Tour de IHorloge of the Palais de Justice. By a curious coincidence the widening of the Rue de la Ferronneriehad been ordered just before the king was assassinated.
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