The promenade[104] known as the Tour de la Ville, at the foot of the ancient ramparts and round the old moat of the town, should not be omitted. You will start naturally from the Place Châtelet, down the Promenade des Charbonniers, which brings you to the Place Drouaise, and so on across the Pont Neuf to the Porte Guillaume and the Boulevard de la Porte Morard. Hence the Rue du Pont de la Courtille leads to the Place S. Michel, and thence by the Boulevard Chasles to the Place des Epars.
The Rue Régnier leads from the Boulevard Chasles to the Place des Halles.
Some magnificent views of the Cathedral and the town, and ‘bits’ of the old walls and moat, will be obtained in the course of this circuit.
The Château de Maintenon (Duc de Noailles) lies on the line between Chartres and Paris, and, with its waterworks, is well worth a visit. Other châteaux in the neighbourhood are those of Villebon, near Courville, which belongs to the Marquis de Pontoi-Poncarré, and Éclimont, near Gallardon, the property of the Duc de La Rochefoucauld.
DATES OF THE CHIEF FESTIVALS AT CHARTRES.
September 8 and 15; December 8.--On September 15 and December 8 a magnificent procession through the Crypt takes place in the evening.
Acco, leader of conspiracy in Gaul, 12; death, 13.
Adèle, widow of Count Etienne, dispute with S. Ives, 104, 105.
Albert the Dean, election of, as Bishop of Chartres, in opposition to that of Theodoric, 75.
Amiens, Cathedral of, compared with that of Chartres, 187.
Âne qui vielle, 125; passage called after, 127.
Aquitaine, Duke of, contributes to building of Cathedral, 73.
Avoués and Bourgeois, quarrel between, and outbreak of the people, 236-238.
Berchères-l’Évêque, quarries of, 118, 147.
Bishop and Chapter, quarrel between, 261.
Bohémond of Tarentum, Prince of Antioch, marriage of, 105; preaches crusade, 105.
Burgundians and Armagnacs, civil war between, 253 ff.
Canons, encroachment of, and struggle with Counts, 102, 103.
Casket of Teudon and other relics preserved in Cathedral, 48.
Cathedral, 2, 57, 113, 118, 119, 149, 165, 182, 187, 195-198.
“ Fulbert begins the rebuilding of, 72; work completed, 76; architect of, 76; description of, 76-78; continuation of work, and dedication by Theodoric 79.