The roads to be followed are indicated by thick lines and arrows.
A VISIT TO MONTDIDIER.
Abutting on the Esplanade du Prieuré is the Benedictines' Priory which, before the war, was a college. Opposite is the Palais-de-Justice. These two buildings suffered severely from the bombardments.
The Palais-de-Justice was built on the site of the old Château of the Counts of Montdidier. The entrance was all that remained of the Château at the beginning of the 14th century. The remains of this door were used in the construction of the building known as the Salle du Roy.
Montdidier. The Palais-de-Justice. (1919.)
The Salle du Roy is built over a vaulted passage, situated opposite the Esplanade du Prieuré. To the west, an imposing gable rises above the cliffs, its thick walls reinforced in the centre by an enormous buttress, at the northern corner by a smaller buttress, and at the southern corner by an octagonal turret.
