. Rheims and the battles for its possession . rther on take on foot the narrow streeton the left, which leads to the old castle. This ancient castle, where the Kings of France, on their way to Rheims tobe consecrated, used to dine, suffered severely from the bombardments. Out-wardly it has, however, retained its general appearance (photo above). Return to the car, and go straight on to the fork in the roads to Rosnay andPremecy. Facing the fork is the entrance to the park and modern Castle ofGueux, belonging to the Roederer family, which was completely destroyed(photo below). Turn the car roun
. Rheims and the battles for its possession . rther on take on foot the narrow streeton the left, which leads to the old castle. This ancient castle, where the Kings of France, on their way to Rheims tobe consecrated, used to dine, suffered severely from the bombardments. Out-wardly it has, however, retained its general appearance (photo above). Return to the car, and go straight on to the fork in the roads to Rosnay andPremecy. Facing the fork is the entrance to the park and modern Castle ofGueux, belonging to the Roederer family, which was completely destroyed(photo below). Turn the car round at the above-mentioned fork and continue straight alongG. C. 27. Beyond the village of Gueux the road crosses numerous lines of shelters and ammunition depots can still be seen along the road. TheNational Road from Rheims to Soissons (N. 31) is reached soon the cross-ways are the ruins of an inn. At this crossing, leave the National Road on the left and take the narrowroad on the right which leads to THE MODERN CASTLE OF GUEUX 131
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