RUINS OF THE ABBEY OF ST. PIERRE-LES-DAMES,
8, Rue St. Pierre-les-Dames.
The Rue St. Pierre-les-Dames leads to the Rue des Murs, into which turn to the right, then to the left into the Rue du Barbâtre. Follow the latter to the end. This street suffered greatly from the early bombardments, and was almost entirely destroyed in the summer of 1918.
At Nos. 137 and 139, at the corner of the Rue Montlaurent, are the ruins of the Hôtel Féret de Montlaurent.
Hôtel Féret de Montlaurent.
GALLERY FACING THE COURTYARD OF THE HÔTEL FÉRET DE MONTLAURENT
The statues in the niches represent the sun and planets.
This large building, occupied by the Cercle Catholique, was commenced about 1540 by Hubert Féret, a Lieutenant of the people, and the most celebrated member of a family which played an important part at Rheims in the 15th, 16th, and 17th centuries. The outside façade has been greatly altered. At No. 137 it was entirely rebuilt under Louis XVI. At No. 139 the ground-floor openings have been modified.
As in many of the mansions of the 16th century, most of the decoration is on the inner façades. Inside the courtyard, on the ground-floor of the wing abutting on the Rue Montlaurent, there is a six-arched gallery which was damaged but not destroyed (photo, p. [99]). Between the arch-centres and at the ends of the gallery are seven niches, three feet high, enclosing stone statues of the sun and the six planets known in the 16th century.