_The Rue Pierre-Lebrun makes a bend in order to rejoin the Rue Jean-Desmare's, along which turn to the right._ From this spot there is a fine view of Cæsar's Tower and of the Church of Saint-Quiriace (see the above photograph). The ruined wall seen in the centre jutting off from the tower belongs to the original fortifications. That piece breaking off from the "Porte Faneron" (_p. 136_) rejoined Cæsar's Tower. _Continue to descend_, passing before the "+Pinacle+," the old palace of the mayors of Provins. It was there that Guillaume Pentecôte was murdered by the workmen of the town (_see p. 129_). Further remains of the city wall are encountered, which descend the slope of the hill to the right before rising to the east in order to enclose the lower town. [Illustration: THE EXECUTIONER'S HOUSE] The steep path skirting the wall is called the "Chemin du Bourreau" because the executioners of Provins lived here. Their house still exists and may be seen at the foot of the slope, on the wall. Its last inhabitant was Charlemagne Sanson, who, together with his brother the executioner of Paris, guillotined King Louis XVI. in 1793. The opposite photograph of the Executioner's House was taken from the foot of the hill. _Tourists after descending as far as the "Maison die Bourreau" should remount the same steep path, then gain Cæsar's Tower by the path leading to it._ =Cæsar's Tower= (historical monument) [Illustration: CÆSAR'S TOWER] This superb keep was built in the twelfth century on the site of a Roman fort. The lower battlemented portion was added in the fifteenth century by the English to serve for the installation of their artillery. The pyramidical roof was added in the sixteenth century. The entrance is on the left in the old city-wall, at the top of a little stone staircase. The guardian shows visitors the rooms, the prisons, and the bells which ring for the services in Saint-Quiriace. From the summit a splendid view is obtained. [Illustration: CÆSAR'S TOWER SEEN FROM ST.-QUIRIACE] =Saint-Quiriace Church= (historical monument) [Illustration: ST.-QUIRIACE SEEN FROM CÆSAR'S TOWER] A pagan temple dedicated to the goddess Isis existed in early times on the site of this church. It gave place in the third century to a wooden chapel, which in its turn was succeeded by the present building, erected in 1160 by Count Henri-le-Libéral. Saint-Quiriace, a converted Jew, who became Bishop of Jerusalem in the fourth century, indicated to Saint Helena, mother of the Emperor Constantine, the spot where the three crosses of Calvary had been hidden. He suffered martyrdom in 363, and the basilica which crowns the upper town was built to receive the saint's skull. [Illustration: THE CHOIR OF ST.-QUIRIACE SEEN FROM THE TRANSEPT] [Illustration: THE AMBULATORY, ST.-QUIRIACE]