Taken in their order they are: =Saturn=, with a scythe in his hand and serpent round his arm, devouring a child, and the zodiacal signs Aquarius and Capricornus at his feet; =Jupiter=, holding a lighted torch, with Sagittarius at his feet; =Mars=, armed from head to foot, surmounting Cancer and Aries; the =Sun=, personified by Phoebus with flowing mantle, a lion at his side; =Venus=, clothed only in her hair, surmounting Taurus and Baloena; =Mercury=, with wings on his head and heels, the caduceus in his hand, Virgo and Gemini at his feet; the =Moon=, represented by Diana bearing a crescent; below her Scorpio. The escutcheons on the wall at the back of this façade bear the initials of Régnault Féret, who completed the mansion. In the second court there are still vestiges of the chapel of this family. _At No. 142 of the same street_, the entrance to the =Cour Maupinot= (one of the numerous _cours_ which have survived in Rheims) is framed in pilasters, the carved entablature of which supports a triangular pediment (_photo below_). _The Rue Barbâtre is continued by the Rue des Salines, which leads to the Place St. Nicaise._ [Illustration: ENTRANCE TO MAUPINOT COURT. THE DOORWAY IS RENAISSANCE, _142, Rue du Barbâtre. See Itinerary, p. 95_] The Place St. Nicaise was destroyed by the bombardments of April-August, 1918. It took its name from the celebrated Bishop of Rheims, who, with his sister St. Eutropia, was put to death by the Vandals in 407. The Church of St. Nicaise, rebuilt in the 13th century by Libergier and Robert de Coucy, was destroyed at the time of the Revolution. Amongst other curiosities it contained a loose pillar, which Peter the Great had pointed out to him at the time of his journey through Rheims. At the corner of the Place St. Nicaise, between the Boulevard Victor-Hugo and the Rue St. Nicaise, is the entrance to the =Champion Cellars=, in which the _Dubail_ school was installed during the war (_see p. 24_). _Take the Rue St. Nicaise to the Boulevard Henry Vasnier (photo below), turn into the latter, on the right, and follow same as far as the_ =Rond-Point St. Nicaise=. All this part of the town, which was quite close to the German lines, was constantly under the fire of their guns. It was violently bombarded during the German offensives of May, June and July, 1918. _Near the Rond-Point de St. Nicaise are the_ =Pommery Cellars=, which gave shelter to many citizens and school-classes during the war (_see p. 24_). =The Pommery Cellars= These cellars are among the finest in Rheims, and form, with their eleven miles of streets, squares and boulevards lighted by electricity, rail-tracks, waggons, lifts, electric pumps and siphons, quite an underground city. A visit to them will give the tourist an idea of the importance and complexity of the Champagne wine industry in Rheims. [Illustration: THE "HENRY VASNIER," SEEN FROM THE "ROND-POINT ST. NICAISE"]