[Illustration: TRENCHES AND SHELTERS IN THE SQUARE ST. NICAISE _See Itinerary, p. 95, and panorama seen from the top of St. Nicaise Hill, p. 27._] _The Boulevard Diancourt, which skirts the Square St. Nicaise, begins at the_ Rond-Point St. Nicaise. This square was much cut up by the bombardments, and by the trenches and defensive works made there during the war (_photo above_). The square contains two eminences, from the top of which there is a fine panoramic view of Rheims. The photograph on page 27 was taken from the eminence nearest the Rond-Point St. Nicaise. The other eminence is crowned by a limestone tower--all that remains of the ancient city ramparts. _Follow the Boulevard Diancourt to the Place Dieu-Lumière._ The name _Dieu-Lumière_, borne by the old gate through which Joan-of-Arc and the Dauphin entered Rheims, was not derived, as supposed at the Renaissance, from the Sun-God Apollo, but from the old Gate _Dieu-li-Mire_ (God the Physician), so called in the Middle Ages on account of the proximity of a Cistercian hospital. _Cross the square and take the Rue Dieu-Lumière on the right to the_ Place St.-Timothée. The wood-panelled houses, whose _loges_ faced the Place St.-Timothée, were destroyed by the bombardments of April-September, 1918, except the one at the corner of the Rue St. Julien. This house, though severely damaged, has retained its butcher's stall with 17th century wooden balustrading. _Take the Rue St. Julien on the left to the Place St.-Remi, in which stands the_ =Church of St. Remi=. =The Church of St. Remi= The Church of St. Remi is the oldest church in Rheims, and one of the oldest in all France. Although it is not certain that it replaced a Roman basilica, said to have stood on the site of the present transept, there is no doubt that Gallo-Roman building materials, taken from neighbouring edifices, were used in its construction or restoration. To-day, the church covers a ground-space of about an acre and a quarter. In shape a Latin cross, it measures inside about 450 feet in length, 98 feet in breadth and 124 feet in height under the vaulting. Only the southern façade shows to advantage, but in spite of its varied styles, which mark the different stages of its growth, the church realises to the full the purpose of its founders. Its architecture and decoration, especially in the interior, make it, as was intended, a grand and dignified depository for sacred remains.