_At the top of the steps, turn to the right and follow the ramparts as far as the entrance to the Park (photo below). Enter the latter_, which occupies the entire site of the old castle, and go round it, to get a general view of the town and outskirts. To visit the subterranean passages, _apply to the keeper at the small lodge in the middle of the park_. [Illustration: ENTRANCE TO THE CASTLE PARK.] _On leaving the park turn to the left_ to get a view of the Old Entrance to the Castle, which consists of a pointed arch flanked by two large circular towers (photo p. 64). _Return to the Entrance Gate of the Park, then to the Hôtel-de-Ville_, via _the Rue du Château_, in which is St. John’s Hospital (or Hôtel-Dieu), founded by Jeanne, Queen of France and Navarre, in 1304, and rebuilt in 1876. _On arriving at the Hôtel-de-Ville, cross the Square, and follow the Rue du Général Degoutte._ On the left are the Rue Dirigeon l’Ecart and the Rue Lefèvre-Maugras, which were also barricaded by the Germans. On the right of the Rue du Général Degoutte is the steep Rue Jean-de-la-Fontaine, No. 13 being the house where the author of the celebrated fables was born. _Continue along the Rue du Général Degoutte, cross the Avenue du Maréchal Joffre, then take the_ Rue St. Crépin, in which is the =church= of that name. It was in this church that the Germans left behind a great quantity of booty during their hurried retreat. (See photo, p. 43.) Its heavy square tower, with carved buttresses, is 15th century. The organ-loft, decorated with figures of the prophetesses and others, is 16th century. The Rue St. Alpin is continued by the Rue St. Martin, which was sacked by the Germans. The photograph below was taken at No. 26. The visit to the town finishes at the end of the Rue St. Martin, _i.e._ at the junction of this street with the Avenue Clemenceau. The excursion to Belleau Wood, described on page 49, starts from here. (_Note for visitors arriving by train.--Leave the station by the Avenue de la Gare, turn to the left into the Avenue de la République, follow the latter as far as the Place Carnot, take the Rue Carnot (on the right of the square), at the end of which is the bridge over the Marne, where the itinerary above mentioned joins up._) [Illustration: GERMAN VANDALISM. ROOM IN HOUSE AT NO. 26 RUE ST. MARTIN.] VISIT TO BELLEAU WOOD. It was in the region that the tourist is about to visit that the Americans performed, at heavy cost, one of their most glorious feats of arms. The many graves seen on the way make the journey a veritable pilgrimage.