THE RAMPARTS SEEN FROM THE TROU-AU-CHAT
PORTE DE JOUY
La Porte de Jouy (the Jouy Gate) reproduced opposite was constructed in the twelfth century and demolished in the eighteenth, as its keep threatened to fall. It comprised two gates, two portcullises and a drawbridge. A subterranean passage united the two sides; its entrance is still to be seen on the interior of the left hand portion.
BRÈCHE DES ANGLAIS
Continue the visit of the walls by the outer "boulevard" which is accessible to motors. This part of the fortifications is being restored at present. The way leads past the "Brèche des Anglais" (the English Breach) (photograph opposite), by which the English are said to have effected an entrance in 1432. The great corner tower, the foremost on the photograph below, is the "Tour aux Engins"; it is 65 feet high and its walls are 8 feet thick.
