Download or read book Rouen Its History, Monuments, and Environs; A Guide to Travellers written by Theodore Licquet and published by Rarebooksclub.com. This book was released on 2012-07 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: ancient exchange. On the lower extremity of the obelisk, we remark a woman seated, representing Commerce. The figure of Time points to the solar line. The medaillon of Louis XV, which had been taken away in 1792, was replaced in 1815. This monument is by Paul Slolds, a statuary of the last century. . Saint- Jflaclou. In the year 1228, this parish was situated without the walls of the town. In that year, Geoffroy deCapreville granted a portion of ground belonging to himself, and s] nated in the parish of Saint-Maclou, without the town. At that time the church of Saint-Maclou was only a chapel, the construction of vhich'was not very remarkable. About the middle of the xvth century, the erection of the present edifice was commenced. In the year 1511, the works were far advanced, the platform which was to support the steeple having been already built. This church was formerly called the fille ainee de Mgr. I'archeveque. The sacred oils were kept in this church, and were distributed to the different parishes of the diocdse. This privilege was shown by two vases supported on two iron barson each side of the cross which surmounted the great porch. In the general processions, the cross of Saint-Maclou took precedence of all others, and led the procession. The church is forty six metres twelve centimetres in length, by twenty four metres sixty seven centimetres in breadth, taking in the aisles. Its height, from the pavement of the nave to the extremity of the ancient steeple, was about seventy eight metres. This handsome steeple, in the form of a cone, rose to a height of thirty seven metres thirty four centimetres above the lantern; one could ascend to the cross, by the exterior of it, without a ladder. In 1705, it was shaken by a hurricane; thirty years later, it beca...