PLACES OF INTEREST ON THE ROUTE
Moulins.—A picturesque town, containing—(1) Several old houses; (2) clock-tower, built in 1455; (3) portions of the château of the Dukes of Bourbon; (4) cathedral, with choir built in 1463, containing coeval glass; (5) tomb of Henri, Duc de Montmorenci, in the Lycée.
Sauvigny.—Twelve kilometres west of Moulins; has a splendid Romanesque church, containing several Bourbon tombs.
St. Pierre-le-Moutier.—An interesting little town, with fifteenth-century houses, portions of its ramparts, and a gateway; twelfth-century church, with richly carved north door.
Nevers (pron. Nervair).—A large and very pleasantly situated town on the Loire, with—(1) Walls, gateways, and towers dating from the eleventh to the sixteenth century; (2) the Ducal Palace, now the Palais de Justice, built in 1475; (3) Cathedral of St. Cyr, with eastern and western apses, and examples of nearly every period of architecture from 1028 to the sixteenth century; (4) Church of St. Étienne, an extremely fine example of the Romanesque Burgundian style.
La Charité.—A very attractive little town on the Loire, with—(1) Several old houses; (2) walls and towers of its fortifications; (3) Church of Ste. Croix, a magnificent example of eleventh to twelfth century work.
Mesves.—A pretty village with a twelfth-century barn.
Pouilly.—A picturesque little town with a seventeenth-century château.
Cosne.—A town with iron foundries and three churches (one disused); the most interesting is that of St. Aignan, with a fine Romanesque apse.
Myennes.—A roadside hamlet.