THE PRINCERIE CLOISTER IN 1916.
The street took its name from a statue of the Virgin on the monumental entrance-gate of the deanery.
AN OBSERVATION-POST IN MAGDELEINE SQUARE (1916).
Take the Rue de la Magdeleine on the left, beyond the deanery, as far as the Place de la Magdeleine.
At No. 2 of this square is an early 16th-century house (sometimes called the “Maison de Jules II.”), with a carved triangular pediment supported by two pillars. Built after the decease of Pope Julius II., it was probably erected on the site of the house where he lived while still Cardinal Julian de la Rovère.
At No. 19 of the square, cross the house in ruins to a kind of garden-terrace at the back, built on the site of the old ramparts, vestiges of which are still visible. Fine view of the ruins in the Rues Mazel, Châtel and St. Esprit.
Take the Rues Châtel and Belle-Vierge to the Cathedral (see Itinerary, [p. 31]).