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Title: Wanderings by the Loire
Year: 1833 (1830s)
Authors: Ritchie, Leitch, 1800?-1865 Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775-1851
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Publisher: London : Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman Paris : Rittner and Goupil
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

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arlemagne to attest its ancient grandeur. The church of Saint Julian is remarkable for littlemore than the base uses to which it has returned atlast. In the engraving, the spectator is supposed tostand in the court, or at the back windows of the HoteldAngleterre, of which the desecrated temple forms thestables and coach-houses. The old church of NotreDame la Riche we found falling into ruins. Thesilence, when we entered, was like that of the grave,and the only worshippers were some Sisters of Charity,who knelt as mute and motionless as statues. We feltthat we were an intruder ; and as we hurried away, thetread of our feet echoing along the pavement, soundedlike a profanation. The chateau of Tours, an imperial palace under theRomans, is to-day a vast enclosure, containing stablesand military barracks. The Tour de Guise, in whichthe son of Balafre was imprisoned in the wars of theLeague, still remains ; but a few sculptured stones andbroken columns are the only other testimonials of its
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