ce on each side as the
_Rue des Fosses Louis VIII._ crosses your path. At the end is the
great Palais de Justice. Beyond that (you may go through Louis XII.'s
archway or keep the Palace wall upon your right) is the _Rue aux
Juifs_, in which No. 35 is an exact model of its ancient predecessor.
In the _Rue du Bec_ there are remains of fine houses and spacious
courtyards, and through it you arrive at the Rue de la Grosse Horloge
and the great archway that holds the famous clock of Rouen.
The only other houses I can remember as worthy of a special visit are
Nos. 5, 7, and 18 in the _Rue St. Etienne des Tonneliers_, which opens
out of the Rue du Grand Pont just before the quays. Where the Rue
Jacques Lelieur enters it are the ruins of a lovely church fallen upon
very evil days. All over Rouen you may find walks equally interesting,
but I have done enough in suggesting a few of the most typical.
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_Monuments classes parmi les Monuments Historiques de France_
HORS CLASSE. Cathedrale (Etat).
Maison Corneille, Petit Couronne (Depart.).
I. CLASSE. Chapelle de St. Julien des Chartreux a Petit Quevilly.
St. Godard (verrieres).
St. Maclou.
St. Ouen.
St. Ouen (Chambre ou Tour aux Clercs).
St. Patrice.
St. Vincent.
II. CLASSE. Tour St. Andre.
Cathedrale, Salle Capitulaire et Cloitre.
Fontaine Croix de Pierre (Musee des Antiquites).
St. Gervais (Crypte et Abside).
Aitre St. Maclou.
Choeur de St. Nicaise.
Chapelle de la Fierte St. Romain, a la Vieille Tour.
III. CLASSE. Eglise Mont aux Malades.
Eglise St. Paul (abside).
St. Vivien (clocher).
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_Museums and Libraries_
The _Musee des Antiquites_ at the northern end of the Rue de la
Republique contains some very interesting prehistoric remains; a
quantity of Merovingian relics, such as axe-heads, finger-rings,
lance-points, necklaces, buttons, buckles, needles, combs, and
pottery; the standard measures of Rouen from the sixteenth to the
eighteenth century; lead crosses with formulas of absolution stamped
upon them from the eleventh to the thirteenth century; medals and
tokens of many local abbeys and confreries; coins of the Dukes of
Normandy from 911 to 1216; an eleventh-century Oliphant; some glass
mosaics; and the statue of Henri Court Ma
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