3-082-955 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Rambling Sketches: Caen, 1895. 'Old Houses in Rue St. Pierre; An Old Courtyard; Chapel de la Vierge, St. Pierre; Abbaye aux Hommes from Le Parc. We alluded in a recent issue to the beauties found in the ancient city of Caen, so that there is no need to dilate on the subject of our Illustration further than to say that antiquaries will revel in such a building as the Abbaye aux Hommes. The oldest church in Caen is St. Etienne-le-Vieux. Visitors should visit 148, Rue St. Jean, which stands on the site of the house where Charlotte Corday matured her plans for emancipating France from Marat'. From "Illustrated London News", 1895.