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Page 225 - The place where the corps de ville, or municipality of Paris, assembled under the first and second races of kings is not known. In the earliest reigns of the third race, their meetings were held in a house called la Maison de la Marchandise, situated in the Vallee de la Misere, west of the Grand Chatelet.
Page 312 - This edifice is remarkable as the work of Ducerceau, and the residence of the celebrated minister •whose name it bears. It is in good preservation, and its court, which is large, is richly adorned with sculpture. At No.
Page 403 - Rougis, at 4 leagues distance. Part of this ancient construction, consisting of two arches substantially built, still exists, near the modern aqueduct at Arcueil, which was built after the designs of Desbrosses, and finished in 1624. This magnificent aqueduct extends across the valley of Arcueil upon 25 arches, 72 feet in height.
Page 639 - Paris are well regulated, policemen and guards are stationed at all the avenues, and preserve order in the interior. The visitors who await the opening of the doors are arranged in files of two or three abreast; and although the crowd probably consists of several hundreds, but little pressure or inconvenience is felt, and every person is admitted in his turn.
Page 334 - Allez dire au premier consul, que je meurs avec le regret de n'avoir pas assez fait pour vivre dans la postérité.
Page 341 - Between the consoles of the entablature are military designs ; in the centre is the sun, which Louis XIV. took for his emblem. On the southern attic is the inscription : Ludovico Magno Vesontione Sequanisque bis caplis, et fraclis Germanoruin, Hispanorum, Balavorumque exercitibus Proof, et jEdiles PCCRSH MDCLXX1V.
Page 355 - Champs. Philip Augustus established two other markets near the same spot, and they took the name of halles. Each class of dealers and every neighbouring town had its particular halle. Francis I. caused all the halles to be rebuilt, with pillars of stone opening into dark galleries, obstructed with irregular stalls.
Page 334 - DAUPHINE, formed in 1608, and named after the Dauphin, afterwards Louis XIII. It is triangular ; in the centre is a fountain, after the designs of Percier and Fontaine, erected in 1803, to the memory of General Desaix, who fell at the battle of Marengo.
Page 551 - The former was created in 1776, and the latter in 1731. Upon the formation of the Institute, the Medical Academy was annexed to the class of the sciences. By an ordonnance of Dec. 20, 1820, the Academy was restored, and definitively organized by decrees in 1829 and 1835. The object of its institution is to reply to inquiries of the government relative to everything that concerns the public health.
Page 518 - ... not only to visit the vaults, but also to ascend the dome ; which, being the most elevated building in the capital, affords a magnificent view. Strangers are readily admitted, but a small gratuity is expected.