Thanks to a public subscription, the town was able to acquire them shortly before the war, thus preventing them from being sold abroad.
The cellars of this house are curious, but there exists no proof that they date back, as has been said, to the Roman period.
14TH CENTURY DOORWAY, 22 RUE DE TAMBOUR
The adjoining house (No. 22) is 14th century, and probably dates back to about the end of the reign of Philippe-le-Bel. Its front has been greatly spoilt, but still contains a fine door surmounted by an elliptical arch (photo above).
At No. 13 of this street, two 13th century carved heads, one of a man and the other of a woman wearing one of the mortar-shaped hats in fashion until the end of the reign of St. Louis, have been built into the façade.
At the end of the Rue de Tambour, take the Rue de Mars, on the right of the Hôtel-de-Ville, at the end of which, on the left, stands the Triumphal Arch of the Mars Gate.
THE RUE DE MARS. THE TOWN HALL IS ON THE LEFT