THE OLD CASTLE
OLD BAR
THE CLOCK TOWER
To the left of the esplanade are the remains of the old ducal castle. The photo at the foot of p. [244] depicts the Romanesque doorway which is the oldest part of it. We saw this doorway from the other side when ascending the Avenue du Château. It was formerly on the level, but in 1871, when the carriage road was made, it was united to the avenue by steps.
The castle occupied formerly the whole of the plateau. It was built in 964 by Frederick I., Count of Bar, and altered in succeeding centuries. All that remains are a few sixteenth century buildings, seen in the photo at the foot of p. [244], and of which the external view is reproduced at the top of p. [242]. The buildings and the chapel seen between the Clock Tower and the esplanade belong to an old Dominican convent built in the nineteenth century.
