The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-03-22

exact reproduction Oh the Difln vi
Christ in the managerial modelled |
by miniature images of the char
acters. Each chapel contains some
valuable or important event in his
tory. The fifth chapel contains the
original painting of the Lords
Last Supper"
In the inches of the facade two
saints of Lorraine are to be seen,
the apostle st. Mansuy and the
king, ST. Sigisbert; the original
plans called for the statues of the
Virgin and the archangel Gabriel.
The fresco of the cupolo is
wonderful painting which repre-
sents the open sky-a very delicate
and famous piece of work. The
pipe organ, that fills one whole end
of the building deserves mention
for its beauty and depth in tone.
On the night of October 80, the
Boche dropped several bombs on
the city of Nancy, and this cathe-
dral was missed by only two feet,
the bomb lighting on the entrance
steps, with only slight damage; al
though nearby buildings were torn
full of small shrapnel shell holes.
Protestant Church Bombed.
The Temple, the only Protestant
church in Nancy, was built by the
Church of Premonstrants ian order
of Monks) in 1853, but later was
taken over by the Professionals. The
recent air raids of the Huns have
practically ruined the whole build
ing almost beyound repairs Dur
ing numerous air raids throughout
the city this was the only church
that suffered any great loss.
Historical DucaI Palace.
The Ducal Palace, the former
residence of the dukes of Lorraine,
is not quite the same as the origin
al building, owing to the many
transformations due to new dukes
ideas for changing plans, and the !
many revolutions in those days, es- !
pecially in the year 1871, when the !
palace was most damaged by in
vaders. The only original wing re-
naming was erected in 1903 by
Duke Antonio.
The Porterie, the main entrance
way, built 1911, has the mounted
statue of Duke Antonio, the orig
inal being destroyed in 1892, but
replaced in 1851. The entire Dukes
Palace, except the dukes sleeping |
rooms, is used for a museum, by a |
Lorraine historical society, where !
treasures are stored dating back |
previous to 1000. All during the
war the Palace has been closed to
civilians, but soldiers with a guide
are permitted to enter. As one goes !
through the long hallway, on each |
side are hundreds of iron plates,
which have been collected from va
rious cities in the Lorraine of
France. Each plate represents |
some adopted emblem of the city
rule-the custom in ancient days. !
They also bring forth the fact of
the large production of iron, in and |
around Nancy.
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a door leads into a sman room at |
the foot of the watchman's tower,
and here are many old relics of all
ages. The French tapestries that |
decorated the tent of Charles the
Bold, in front Of Nancy in 1477;
the sword of Emperor Napoleon |,
(1769-1S2D conqueror of Prussia
and Austria, a lock of his hair and
cross of the Legion of Honour;
the dukes dishes; bed room, kitch-
en- and sitting room furniture; bed
heating pans; an old loom, the sur
gical instruments and other arti-
cles used by the Napoleon in his
household.
On entering the watchman's tow
er, winding stairway leads to the
top-and at each bend of the stair
way is stone seat for four or
more sentinels or watchmen, to
keep invaders from entering the
dukes private rooms. At the ex-
tremel top Of the tower, many old
relics of torture such as balls and
chains, various kinds of hand and
foot cuffs, branding irons; an old
guillotine knife, chopping block
and knife, where from 1000 to 1900