Comporté District

This walks takes place in the north west area of town, in a perimeter that covers the old quartier de Comporté and a part of the quartier du Beffroy. It is on the XIIth century that the "suburb" surrounding the roman city walls were included in the city, and that new city walls were built. The ditch of Comporté ran along the boulevard Gambetta, and one can easily imagine it when walking in the gardens that replaced it. There were several important doors on this side of the city walls ; Comporté, la Madeleine, Saint Antoine and le Beffroi. The Beffroi was a large tower originally built by the vicounts of Champagne, from which a bell warned citizens of main events or dangers.

Just like the previous visit, you need to click on photographs in order to enlarge them. Numbers refer to the map on the right handside. And to know more, blue-framed pictures are linked to another page, giving a fuller description of the site / monument.

1) Junction of rue Passerat and quai Dampierre	2) Church Saint Rémy			2) rue Gambey		3) Church Saint Urbain		4) Town Hall
4) rue Aristide Briand	5) rue Emile Zola, formerly rue de l'Epicerie (grocery street)
4) place Foch	5) rue du Coin Coignier		6) Church Saint Jean		6) Place du Marché au pain (bread market) and Rue Urbain IV, behind church St Jean
7) rue Champeaux ; on y vendait des fils pour tisser au XVe siècle, puis des poulailles au XVIIe siècle.					7) Hôtel Juvénal des Ursins			8) Cours du Mortier d'or
9) Synagogue, rue Bruneval	11) Hôtel de Marisy, rue Charbonnet				10) Rue de la Monnaie, où comme son nom l'indique on frappait les monnaies à partir du milieu du XVe siècle.
11) Hôtel du Moïse, construit en 1553, ancien Hôtel des Postes au XIXe siècle. 11) rue Charbonnet 12) Church and rue de la Madeleine
13) Hôtel d'Autruy, 16th century, seen from the gardens	14) the "vallée suisse", formerly Comporté ditch

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