Hôtel de Ville
FOOT-BRIDGE CONNECTING THE JARD WITH THE ENGLISH GARDEN
The present building replaced at the end of the eighteenth century the old Renaissance town-hall. It contains the library and the museum, the latter looking on the Place Godart. Enter by the Rue d'Orfeuil (open to the public on Thursdays and Sundays, from noon to 5 p.m. and every day to visitors to the town). The museum contains interesting collections of sculpture, ancient paintings, and a natural history section.
Préfecture
This, built in the eighteenth century, was formerly the hôtel of the "Intendance de Champagne." The north wing was built in 1846. The préfecture contains a remarkably fine fifteenth century chimney-piece (photo below), on which is carved a mythological triumphal procession, flanked by figures representing faith and charity.
Sainte-Croix Gate
Here is a triumphal arch erected in 1770 for the passage of Marie-Antoinette, on her arrival in France to wed the Dauphin. It was never finished.
National School of Arts and Crafts
This institution, founded by Napoléon in 1806, is one of the five important State schools for turning out engineers and skilled foremen. The buildings are of the eighteenth century. The school possesses fine laboratories and industrial collections.