Place du Châtel
On leaving the Grange-aux-Dîmes, take on the right, at the end of the Rue Saint-Jean, the Rue Couverte leading to the picturesque Place du Châtel seen on the photograph below. The old feudal well on the left, with its wrought-iron top, is 120 feet deep. Beside it is the Crois-aux-Changes, dating from the fourteenth century, on which the "edicts and ordonnances" were posted up.
Beyond the Place may be seen the "Cæsar's Tower."
PLACE DU CHÂTEL
THE HÔTEL DE LA COQUILLE AND THE RUINS OF ST.-THIBAUT
Turning to the left on the Place we reach in the north-west corner, the old "Maison-des-Petits Plaids" where the provost meted out justice. It may be seen in part in the background of the opposite photograph. The curious low roof covers an interesting vaulted passage. The house is built over fine thirteenth century cellars in which the poet and songster Pierre Dupont (1821-1870) composed his "Chanson de la Vigne" (song of the Vine), during a vine-dressers' festival.
In the centre of the above view is the old "Hôtel de la Coquille," which derives its name from the shell carved above its entrance.