Amiens (France) -- Guidebooks; Amiens (France) -- History; World War, 1914-1918 -- France
[Illustration: RUE BASSE DES TANNEURS _seen from the Rue Condé. In the
background, steeple of the Church of St. Germain and the Cathedral_.]
_d'Aral, then turn to the left and take the Boulevard du Port._
_On arriving at the Place du Marché aux Chevaux, turn to the right into
the Rue du Faubourg-de-la-Hotoie as far as the_ =Promenade de la Hotoie=
(_see coloured plan_), a magnificent _park_ of about 50 acres, continued
on the north by the =Jardin Anglais= of the "Petite Hotoie," ten acres
in extent.
The Promenade de la Hotoie was used by the military authorities as an
automobile park during the War and is now in a deplorable state.
_Return via the Faubourg de la Hotoie, then take the Rue de la Hotoie
which continues it beyond the Place du Marché aux Chevaux._
_At the end of this street in the Place St. Firmin, take the Rue St.
Jacques on the right, then immediately afterwards the Rue Gresset on the
left_ (_No. 11 was formerly the_ =Hôtel des Monnaies=--_18th century_).
Only the entrance door remains, the pediment of which is decorated with
two fine figures of women.
[Illustration: RUE BASSE DES TANNEURS _In background, Hôtel Morgan and
old Château d'Eau_.]
_Continue along the Rue Delambre, cross the Place Gambetta, and follow
the Rue des Trois Cailloux._
_After the Theatre, turn to the left into the Rue Robert de Luzarches
which leads to the Cathedral._
[Illustration: HÔTEL MORGAN.]
CONTENTS
PAGES
CHIEF HISTORICAL FACTS 2
AMIENS DURING THE WAR 2 to 8
ITINERARY--VISIT TO THE TOWN 9 to 55
THE CATHEDRAL 9 to 34
PICARDY MUSEUM 38 to 44
OLD AMIENS 49 to 55
[Illustration: OLD AMIENS (_Drawing by the Brothers Duthoit_)
PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN BY WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS, LIMITED,
LONDON
VII--2, 111-6-1925
]
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