A VISIT TO ST. MIHIEL
ITINERARY
Enter the town via the Faubourg de Nancy and the Rue Porte-à-Nancy (1). St. Etienne Church (A); Place Ligier Richier (4); Hôtel-de-Ville (H); Rue Porte-à-Metz (6); Promenade des Capucins; Les Sept-Roches.
Cross the Meuse by the temporary bridge (14), Chauvoncourt, and Paroches Fort.
Return to St. Mihiel by the temporary bridge. Place des Halles (17); Place du Collège (20); Church of St. Michel (B); and Hôtel de la Division.
Leave St. Mihiel by the Commercy road.
THE STREETS TO BE FOLLOWED ARE SHOWN BY THICK BLACK LINES
| Plan of St. Mihiel | |
| Arbitrary Signs | |
| A.—St. Etienne Church. B.—St. Michel Church. C.—Cavalry Barracks. CC.—Chauvoncourt Barracks. CS.—Sénarmont Barracks. H.—Hôtel-de-Ville. J.—Palais-de-Justice. O.—Octrois. 1.—Rue Porte-à-Nancy. 2.—Rue Grande. 3.—Rue de l’Eglise. 4.—Place Ligier Richier. 5.—Rue de la Vaux. 6.—Rue Porte-à-Metz. | 7.—Rue Carnot. 8.—Rue du Général Blaise. 9.—Rue Haute des Fossés. 10.—Rue des Annonciades. 11.—Avenue des Roches. 12.—Place du Marché. 13.—Place du Manège. 14.—Temporary Bridge. 15.—Destroyed Bridge. 16.—Rue du Saulcy. 17.—Place des Halles. 18.—Rue du Pont. 19.—Rue Notre-Dame. 20.—Place du Collège. 21.—Place aux Moines. |
THE “SEPULCHRE,” by Ligier Richier, IN ST. ETIENNE’S CHURCH
Starting point: The Church of St. Etienne.
The Church of St. Etienne, often called the “Eglise du Bourg,” contains several remarkable Renaissance sculptures, chief among which are a bas-relief in St. Joseph’s Chapel (photo, p. [58]), a large reredos behind the high altar (photo, p. [58]), and above all, in the central bay of the south aisle, behind a railing (photo, p. [57]) in a sort of grotto or crypt, the chef-d’oeuvre of Ligier Richier, commonly known by the incorrect title of the “Sepulchre of St. Mihiel.”