The very narrow façade is in florid pointed style. The interior of the church has undergone numerous unfortunate restorations. In the aisles are: _on the left_, the funeral statues of a 14th century knight and his wife; _on the right_, the tomb of Esther of Apremont, with her coat of arms (1592), and a particularly interesting late 16th century sepulchre (_see photos, p. 94_). A triforium runs round the nave, and the tribune is closed by a fine open-work gallery dating from the end of the 16th century. Unfortunately, the choir is disfigured by a facing of marble which conceals the frescoes that decorated the walls. [Illustration: THE LIBRARY OF THE PETIT SÉMINAIRE] [Illustration: SPIRAL STAIRCASE OF THE PETIT SÉMINAIRE] _Beside the church, in the Rue St. Martin, is the_ =Petit Séminaire=, housed in the sumptuous Abbey of the Premonstrants, dating from the early part of the 18th century. [Illustration: REFECTORY OF THE PETIT SÉMINAIRE] It was very seriously damaged by the bombardments. The chapel and its façade, the parlour, in very outlined rock-work style, splendid staircases, large cloisters and, above all, the famous wood-carvings in the library, were especially noteworthy. [Illustration: NARROW RISING ROAD TO MOUSSON, WITH SHELTER IN THE FOREGROUND] Mousson _To reach Mousson, proceed to the end of the Rue Gambetta, in the opposite direction to the Moselle._ [Illustration: CEMETERY OF PONT-À-MOUSSON _At the side of the above road (continuation of Rue Gambetta)._] _Leave the car at the entrance to the Avenue de Metz (on the left) and walk up the hollow road (opposite the Rue Gambetta), which skirts the cemetery. (Time required: half an hour.)_ [Illustration: RUINS OF TOMBS IN THE CEMETERY AT PONT-À-MOUSSON] Along this road artillery batteries were posted, the emplacements of which may still be seen. _Take a glance at_ the cemetery, where a number of graves have been destroyed. The village of Mousson is at the top of a hill where there have been successively: a Roman camp, an Austrasian fortress and, in the 10th century, the château of the Countess Sophie de Bar, reduced to ruins by _Richelieu_. The fortifications consist of a first line covering the village, and a second surrounding the château. The houses thus form a semicircle between the two ramparts. The village was greatly damaged during the war. Most of the houses are in ruins. Some of them had tricusped windows and curious 15th and 16th century doors. _Skirt the_ ancient Chapel of the Templars _to reach the_ terrace of the old château. [Illustration: A CORNER OF MOUSSON VILLAGE _In the background_: JOAN-OF-ARC TOWER AND STATUE] All that remains of the château is the central chapel (11th–12th century) (_Hist. Mon._), which was unhappily enlarged about 1895, and to which a battlemented tower surmounted by a gilt statue of Joan-of-Arc was added. [Illustration: PONT-À-MOUSSON AND PRÊTRE WOOD, SEEN FROM MOUSSON]