The original tower which rose above the centre of the transept, was burned in the seventeenth century. It has been replaced by a vast zinc-covered cupola, which, while giving the church a quaint appearance, harmonises little with its style of architecture. Saint-Quiriace is full of historical memories. King Philippe-Auguste here stood godfather to Count Thibaut-le-Grand (1201); Jeanne d'Arc and Charles VII. heard Mass in it (1429); and Louis XI., Francois I. and Louis XIV. came to take part in "_Te Deum_." [Illustration: ENTRANCE-GATE, ST.-QUIRIACE] If the church had been finished it would be extremely large. Unfortunately, in the thirteenth century, the construction of the nave was interrupted at the second triforium, a fact which explains the very marked disproportion existing between the choir and the transept on one hand and the nave on the other. The fabric of the choir is very imposing. It contains an elegant blind-storey gallery extending into the north and south transepts (view on p. 143), and is surrounded by an ambulatory (view above), terminated at the east end by three square chapels. The greater part of the church furnishings was destroyed at the Revolution; but the fine Louis XV. gate of the principal doorway still exists (view opposite), as does the wood-panelling at the end of the church on the left (photograph below). [Illustration: WOOD-PANELLING, SAINT-QUIRIACE] [Illustration: HOUSE IN THE ROMAN STYLE] _On leaving Saint-Quiriace, take on the right the Rue des Beaux-Arts leading into the Rue du Palais._ _Take a few steps to the left in_ order to glance at a house in the +Roman style+, dating from the tenth century (photograph opposite). _The tourist will then retrace his steps in the direction of the_ +College+ installed in the ancient palace of the Counts of Champagne; _then descend the Rue du Collège_, in which, on the right, are the ruins of +St. Peter's Church+, built in the thirteenth century and destroyed during the Revolution. _At the head of the flight of steps leading to the lower town_, beside St. Peter's, was the "Hôtel des Monnaies" (the Mint), which was founded by Charlemagne. It was there that the "sous Provinois," so well known in the Middle Ages, were struck (see p. 129). _Descend St. Peter's steps, and the Rue des Petits-Lions, which lead to the Rue des Capucins._ On entering the latter, one perceives the old "Hôtel de la Croix d'Or," dating from the thirteenth century (photograph below); _whilst a little to the right, on the opposite side of the street, is the_ "Hôtel Vauluisant," also of the thirteenth century. Its front, pierced by four fine mullioned windows with trefoil tracery, may be seen in the photograph below and in that on p. 146. _Retracing our steps we rejoin the Rue St. Thibaut by way of the Rue Christophe Opoix, a continuation of the Rue des Capucins. Here motors coming directly from the Place du Châtel by the Rue Saint-Thibaut may wait._ [Illustration: HÔTEL DE LA CROIX D'OR]