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Title: Northern France : from Belgium and the English Channel to the Loire, excluding Paris and its environs : handbook for travellers
Year: 1909 (1900s)
Authors: Karl Baedeker (Firm)
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Publisher: Leipzig : K. Baedeker New York : C. Scribner's sons
Contributing Library: PIMS - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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imposing *Chaumont Viaduct, whichis 715 yds. long and rises in three tiers of arches to a height of 175 ft.Fine view to the left. 1621/2 Chaumont, see p. 326. The train now ascends the valley of the Marne. From (170 M.)Foulain a narrow-gauge line runs to Nogent-en-Bassigny. 184 M. Langres-Marne (buffet). This station lies 1 M, to theN. of the town, with which it is connected by a rack-and-pinionrailway (fares 50, 35 c.; down 30, 20 c). There is another station, Lane/res-Ville, 3/4 M. to the S., on the Poinson-Beneuvre railway (see p. 320). Langres. — Hotels. Hot. de lEurope (PI. a ; B, 3), Rue Diderot 2o,R. from 21/2, B. 8/4, dej. or D. 3, pens. 8V2, omn. 1/2 fr.; de la Poste(PI, b; B, 2), Place Ziegler; du Faisan (PI. c; B, 8), Rue Diderot 72. —Cafes. De Paris, Place Ziegler; du Balcon, de Foy, Place Diderot. Langres, a town with 9803 inhab,, a fortress of the first class, andthe seat of a bishop, is picturesquely situated on a plateau rising atits N. end to a height of 1550 ft.
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to Belfort. LANGRES. 45. Route. 319 Langrea was the ancient Andematunnum, the capital of the Ztn^one*, andbecame subject to the Romans after the defeat of the celebrated chiefSabinus in 71 A,D. Afterwards it was several times devastated by bar-barian hordes, and its rise has been slow and its historical importance in-considerable. It was occupied by the Austrians in 1814-15. Dickrot, the Ency-clopadist (1713-84), was born at Langres, The town is famed for its cutlery. The Kue de la Cremaillere, opposite the upper terminus of therack-aiid-pinlon railway, and then the Rue Aubert on the left, leadto the Place Henriot, in which stands the — ♦Cathedral of St. Mammes (PL B, C, 2), a handsome edificein the Transitional style of the 12th cent, in which the pointed andthe circular arch are used in happy combination. The classic facade,however, with its towers, was rebuilt in the 18th century. The imposing Intebior is characterized by great symmetrv of proportion.The moEolithic columns of t

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