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florid gothic style ; it was built, in 1436, on plans fur- 

 nished by Pierre Eobin. The main front is remarkable 

 for the lightness and finish of its sculptures ; five doors 

 led to the interior ; two have been condemned and 

 closed. The centre door is surmounted by a basso- 

 relievo, which figures the judgment Day. Views and 

 allegories from Scripture or the lives of the Saints pro- 

 fusely deck the pannel ; and similar allegorical subjects 

 are represented on the other doors. Saint Maclou is 

 conspicuous for its sculptured, admirable church doors. 



Saint-Ouen. — -This Church is worthy of being com- 

 pared to the most famous Cathedrals ; it was begun in 

 1318. Its facade is crowned by an ogival gallery, con- 

 taining eleven statues ; among others, those of Arch- 

 bishops Flavius and Ambert ; of Eichard I, Duke of 

 Normandy ; of Eichard II ; of William the Norman ; 

 of Henri II, of England, and of Eichard Cceur-de-Lion. 

 The main tower, 246 feet high, is a model of strength 

 and elegance. 



You will, I trust, forbear my bringing under your 

 notice all these medieval churches. Of the many to 

 me new and pleasing objects I saw, none were more 

 striking than those speaking relics of a dim, religious, 

 but not forgotten past. 



Three statues are met with in Eouen ; one to Boiel- 

 Dieu, the composer ; another to Pierre Corneille, the 

 tragedian ; a third, an equestrian statue in bronze to 

 Napoleon I ; it commemorates a visit of the Emperor to 

 Eouen, and exhibits him in the act of conferring the 

 ribbon of the Legion of Honor on an employs in a fac- 

 tory. The tower of Joan d'Arc deserves also mention. 

 It is the remains of the dungeon once attached to the 

 castle of a warlike French Sovereign, Philippe Auguste. 

 Eor the visitors, it has a double interest, as being one 

 of the oldest monuments of the ancient military archi- 

 tecture of France, a miniature of the tower of the 

 Louvre, built under the same Prince. It also recalls a 

 painful but honorable souvenir of the dauntless Maid of 



