The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-11-13

thurins the Rue du FoD, where was gate: followed the
direction of the Rue DIES Meyers the Place Maubert,
where another gaie and terminated at the Seine,
the Rue de Beree, where was the Tournele des Ber
nardns.
Under Louis VII at the commencement Of the 18th
century, there were on the south bank, nuros,
the Abbey saint German, aud around il a hamlet al
tor and !s hamlet, and the Church OF Saint Marcel
and It's hamlet. On the other bank were the ham
the hamlet Teboust, Saint Gcrvais the Beau.
bourg (hamiet near Saint Magloire Bnurg pAbbe be-
tween SAINT Martin aud Beau bourg and the new hamlet
Saint Germans, around Saint GERMAN de pAuxero,s.
Further of were Saint Lazare, the Temple, Montmarre,
Vile rEveque on one bank; the Maladrier and Hotel
vauvert on the other bank and on all sides fields aud
| cultvatioEs
Towards the end Of the twelfth century Philippe Au-
ia Paris This measure was at that period, mpor-
tant than may appear at first glance. On the hand
the King anxious about the faubourps which had no
defence against the attacks Of foreign nations Of the
great yassa the other hand he feared the faubourgs
more important even than the city Moreover, far
dependent on loros who contributed nothing to the royal
purse and who necessarily revolted against authority
Of their ege the King Trades freely exercised
rather the right OF artsanshp bought from the pos
SCISSORS OF es instead on from the King, and produced
redS 40 competition 70 the advantage Of the ar
to execute justice Of both knds-hdue and basse-and
penished their treasury from the produce Of fines and
connscatons The ieges levied taxes Of all sorts, and
made no scrupe TO exact more and from the poor
The King by enclosing the ubourgs with his good town
OF Paris became their sole ege and while reducing taxes
of all Sorts enriched the royal treasury Moreover the
town was now perfectly organised 1t possessed NUM-
ojpaly bourgeose and trades and the King had begun
perceive that the bourgeoe and trades cal
cuated to the interests of the than feudal
clergy and nobility which sought attract themselves
authority, and disputed with tho sovereign He desired
therefore, to extend the municipal organizations which
advantageous the inhabitants aud 10 royalty
Besdes Philippe Auguste well understood that without
Paris he longer King. He fearful that by
privng him Of or devastating his capital his foes should
annhilate his sovereign power Whence he often said,
81 shall not believe myself to be truly King of France
until the day that my capital is protected from all insult
BY good and solid walls" This monarch, who had united
TO the crown Normandy, Maine, Tourane and Poitou,
who paid attention to his capital by improving embeish
ing and terrifying, commenced the work which Louis Xl
continued and was the first Partisan King The King
cided accordingly that the bourgeoisie OF Paris should
| promptly build, at their expense, encircng wall
which should take the greater part of the faubourgs
| The wall was to be thick, provided with turrets,
and capable Of resisting the most daring assaults.
Rigord says that it was raised in a short space of
time; nevertheless it took fifteen years build the
northern wall, which commenced the first The
aubourgs of the suffered less from the feudal sys
tenn than those of the university they increased
pdiy ana mad more pressing necessity to be incorpo
rated with the city They also the richest The site
of the wall is not at all dubious. and Duayre traced its
| course very exactly.
In 1870 it commenced on the right bank of the
Seine, proceeding from the spot where FOR long time
stood tower that was called Tourq uifat lie Coin and
little on this side of the Louvre of Philippe Auguse.
Throughout its entire length passed through fields
cept at Bourg Fable, which separated in two The
Gate SAINT Honore, fortified by two round towers
opened in the wall where the road passed leading to the
outside, and to Vile pEyeaue s '0 farhSr or
| This entrance was also oohed Blndmans Gate.
from its being near to the hospital of the Quinze
VingtA which first erected the ground of Cham
pouria end afterwards the side Of the Rue Rohan
and the rue Rcheeu Thence the wall proceeded to the
sites OF the rue de Grenee and rue dAcans, to the
square Bohargne Bohemia, subsequently called Coqee
er after the name of the 1nancier whose hotel stood
there Passing afterwards between the jean Jacques
Rousseau and the Dufour it provided with an
opening Montmarte or Saint Eustache gate. Next the
wall followed the Manconse crossed by the de
rue de Bourgyne or rue Franchise and opened for the
gate SalntsLenns or PAINTERS gate. Then II crossed in
front of the site of the CUES, corrupted into
Ours the Bourg Fable. dependence of the Abbot
of Saint Martin, and had there the gate of Nicholas Hui
delon. AT the rue de Braque, or du Chamne, the
prague gate, also called New gate New posten and
which was, perhaps not opened until the reign Of Philip
The Fair After this gate the wall continued in the direc
of the Parades and by the rue des Blanc Man.
teaux il came into the vielle du Temple between
the rue DIES Francs Bourgeois and the des Ro-
sers At the rue du Temple Barbette gate or
postern, so named by reason Of being near the
Hotel Barbette By slight the wall arrived at the
site of the Market Saint Antoine, where Baudet or
aBeaudeye gate, which the rendezvous of dlers
loungers in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries The
wall proceeded thence to the site Of the Convent Of Ave
Barrez where later gate called Saint Paus false
postern and on the banks Of the river another gate
named Barbelle or Barbeelsur-F Yeau.
In 1908 was commenced the wall on the south bank In
'front.' OF the Louvre where now stands the Institute
the Tower of Nesle first called Turret of Philip Amcln
Later Nesle gate was opened close to it. From this
the wall proceeded to the Rue Dauphne Rue Con-
rescarpe which owes its name to this forfcaton and
where was gate, which took the of Buce when the
monks Of Saint German des Pres, after having become
popreto.s Of the gates in compensation for the loss of
ground which the construction Of the wall had caused
them sold the gate to the President Of the Parliament
Buce, in 1850.
The walls had another gate the site of the Medical
School called the gate Of the Cordeles the Cordeers
OF the Minor Brethren, whose monastery was close by
Later it took the name OF Saint German which II kept
The wall next proceeded the ground occupied by the
Clinical School up to the Place Saint Michel then ca led
Gilbert or Gibard, and had opening the site Of the
Fountain called Gilbert Gbard gate later Gate OF Fer
Osum Ferte subsequently corrupted into Enler; tPortd
iteri qd antiquities coedt de Ftrto" saws
Jallot in his Recherches Paris Charles VI in
1894 gave the Of his daughter Michele to the gate
ts site Afterwards the wall passed along the monastery
OF the acobns, serving to enclose il the south west
ana south II had an opening the Rue Saint jacques,
called Saint Jacques Gate, called subsequently Gate of
Notre Dame des Champs, because it conducted to the
monastery OF that name then passed close TO house
church and gardens Of sante Geneveve crossed the Rue
Bordet Bordel, or Borddle, where street that
name II was also called the Gate of Saint Marcel be-
cause led to the faub0urg of that Crossing the
hed OF Navarro, where stands the Polytechnic Soho d.
the wall extended to the Rue saint Victor and pierced
with gate that took the OF the abbey aud follow.
lowing the Rue des Posses saint Bernard came to the
Tournele, where there gate
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