“CAMP-DES-ROMAINS” FORT
Leaving the Church, skirt the front of the adjoining Collège, and pass under the arch of the Palais-de-Justice, thus reaching the Place des Moines. In this square is the fine façade of the old abbey, restored in the 17th and 18th centuries, the buildings of which have been transformed into the Hôtel de la Division, Palais-de-Justice and prison. Above the latter is the famous monastic library containing 13,000 volumes and valuable manuscripts.
Besides the Hôtel de la Division is the chevet of St. Michel Church, looking on to the square of that name. By turning to the left in the latter, the tourist comes back to the Place du Collège, which cross to take the Commercy road (N. 64).
On leaving St. Mihiel, N. 64 climbs up a steep slope. A mile from the town, on the left, is a concrete blockhouse at the corner of the Commercy road and that leading to Fort Camp-des-Romains. Take the latter to the fort.
Fort of the Camp-des-Romains
This is one of the two forts which protect St. Mihiel. Standing on the end of a narrow peninsula formed by a loop in the Meuse, it dominates the town from a height of 450 feet above the valley. (The hill itself is 1,200 feet high.) It owes its name to the remains of Roman entrenchments, still existing when the fort was built.