_Pedestrians need not follow the above itinerary, but can gain the Clock Tower directly by taking the Rue d'Entre-deux-Ponts and the Rue Rousseau, visible in the foreground of the_ photo on p. 241. _The Rue Rousseau after skirting the Place Reggio_ (see page 241), _crosses the Canal des Usines. In doing so_, the little Church of Saint-Anthony may be seen astride the canal. It dates from the fourteenth century. _Turn next to the left into the Rue Oudinot. After about_ 200 yards, _take on the left the Rue Saint-Antoine as far as the bridge over the Canal des Usines_, from whence there is a picturesque view of the old houses which throng this narrow stream of water. _We retrace our steps and go beyond the Rue Rousseau in order to take the Rue de l'Horloge on the left._ This street mounts to the upper town and passes at the foot of the Clock Tower. One rejoins the latter by means of a stair, the beginning of which is seen on the left in the photo at the top of page 243. The fourteenth century Clock Tower is all that remains of the fortifications of Bar, which, as we have seen on p. 238, were destroyed by order of Louis XIV. in 1670. From the top of the stair, to the left of the tower, there is a fine view of the lower town and of the valley. The photo at the foot of p. 243 was taken from this spot. If one wishes to climb the tower, the guardian must be consulted. _Turn to the right on leaving the Clock Tower, in order to reach the Castle Esplanade_, which is planted with ancient trees. From this point there is a view of another part of Bar-le-Duc (see photo p. 244). [Illustration: THE OLD CASTLE] [Illustration: OLD BAR] [Illustration: THE CLOCK TOWER] To the left of the esplanade are the remains of the old ducal castle. The photo at the foot of p. 244 depicts the Romanesque doorway which is the oldest part of it. We saw this doorway from the other side when ascending the Avenue du Château. It was formerly on the level, but in 1871, when the carriage road was made, it was united to the avenue by steps. The castle occupied formerly the whole of the plateau. It was built in 964 by Frederick I., Count of Bar, and altered in succeeding centuries. All that remains are a few sixteenth century buildings, seen in the photo at the foot of p. 244, and of which the external view is reproduced at the top of p. 242. The buildings and the chapel seen between the Clock Tower and the esplanade belong to an old Dominican convent built in the nineteenth century. [Illustration: VIEW OF BAR FROM THE CLOCK TOWER] _After going round the esplanade, return to the Rue du Baile and follow it towards Old Bar. Take, on the right of the Place-de-la Fontaine, Rue des Ducs de Bar_, which has preserved some quaint sixteenth and seventeenth century houses. _Turn to the left in this street in order to enter Place Saint-Pierre_, at the extremity of which stands the church of this name, classed as an historical monument.