Rheims and the Battles for its Possession — John Shaqi
Rheims and the Battles for its PossessionPneu Michelin (Firm)
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Rheims and the Battles for its Possession
Pneu Michelin (Firm)
Reims (France) -- Guidebooks; World War, 1914-1918 -- Battlefields -- Guidebooks
1. The Archbishop's Palace (p. 63).
2. The Theatre (p. 68)
3. The House of Levesque de Pouilly (p. 68).
4. The Stores: Galeries Rémoises (p. 73).
5. The Maison Fossier (p. 75).
6. The House of J. B. de la Salle (p. 75).
7. The House of the Enfant d'Or (p. 75).
8. The Statue of Louis XV. (p. 79).
9. The Musicians' House (p. 80).
10. The House of De Muire (p. 83).
11. The House of Le Vergeur (p. 85).
12. A 16th Century House (p. 86).
13. The General Post Office and Chamber of Commerce (p. 87).
14. The Cloister of the Franciscan Friars (p. 90).
15. The House of Thiret de Prain (p. 89).
16. The House of de la Pourcelette (p. 92).
[Illustration: REMOVING THE STATUE OF JOAN-OF-ARC IN MAY, 1918]
=Place du Parvis=
The Place du Parvis (_photo below_) is in front of the main façade of
the Cathedral. The shells made enormous craters there.
In the centre of the square stands an =equestrian statue of
Joan-of-Arc=, by Paul Dubois, of which there is a replica in the Place
St. Augustin in Paris. It was removed in May, 1918, by the Historical
Monuments Department (_photo above_).
[Illustration: THE PLACE DU PARVIS
_On the right: The Law Courts. In the centre: The Theatre. On the left:
The Grand Hôtel. In centre of Square: Statue of Joan-of-Arc._]
Looking towards the Cathedral, the tourist will see on the right the
ruins of the _Hôtel du Lion d'Or_ and of the _Hôtel de la Maison Rouge_.
The latter was completely destroyed. Above the door was the inscription:
"In the year 1429, at the consecration of Charles VII., in this
hostelry--then called the 'Striped Ass'--the father and mother of Jeanne
d'Arcq were lodged at the expense of the Municipality." In reality only
the father of Joan-of-Arc lodged there.
It was at the Hôtel du Lion d'Or (_photo opposite_) and at the Grand
Hôtel (No. 4 in the Rue Libergier, which opens out in front of the
statue of Joan-of-Arc) that the Field-Marshal French stayed in August,
1914, and later General von Zuchow, commanding the Saxon troops which
entered Rheims on September 4, 1914.
[Illustration: INNER COURTYARD OF THE LION D'OR HÔTEL. (_Cliché A.S._)]
On the right of the Cathedral are the ruins of the Archbishop's Palace
(_see plan, p. 33_). A general view of them is seen in the photograph on
p. 48.
=The Archbishop's Palace=
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