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Title: Rheims and the battles for its possession
Year: 1920 (1920s)
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Subjects: World War, 1914-1918 -- Battlefields Reims (France) -- Guidebooks
Publisher: Clermont-Ferrand,France : Michelin & cie.
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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II. In the interior, in the great vestibule, a staircase with a remarkable wrought-iron balustrade led to the City Library, which was destroyed by the fire ol1917 (photo p. 73). On the right, the room where the Municipal Council meetings were held,contained rich panelling alternated with paintings by Lamatte, commemoratingepisodes in the history of Rheims. On the left, the mayors office containedmagnificent Louis XVI. wood-work. On the other side of the courtyard, in the centre of which is a statue of La Vigne, by St. Marceaux, was the great marriage-hall, containing a Gallo-Roman mosaic, framed with rosettes and an interlaced border, representing agladiatorial fight. A number of the pictures and works of art in the Hotel-de-Ville were savedby the firemen and soldiers. The mosaic in the marriage-hall was protected bysand-bags and is intact. In the Place de I Hotel-de-Ville, between the Rue Thiers and the Banque deFrance, are two small streets : the Rue Salin and the Rue de Pouilly. 73
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THE GRANDSTAIRCASEOF THETOWN HALL At No. 5 of the Rue Salin. the old 17th century Hotel Coquebert, which wasdestroyed by the shells, used to be the headquarters of the Society of Friendsof Old Rheims. Several of the illustrations in this Guide are taken from thecollections of this Society. In the Rue de Pouilly, close to the Hotel-de-Ville, are the ruins of theGaleries Remoises stores. These shops were partly housed in a Gothic building,of which only a few chimney-stacks remain (see chimney in photo below). Opposite the Hotel-de-l ille take the Rue Colbert to the Place des Marches.

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