The Statue of Parmentier (1914).
The Statue of Parmentier and a corner of the town, in 1919
looking towards St. Peter's Church, seen behind. Tourists follow the road on the left.
Rue de la Croix-Bleue leads to Place de l'Hôtel-de-Ville. On the right stands the modern Hôtel-de-Ville which replaced the old Louis XIII building and a Renaissance house on its right. The automaton bell-striker of the old tower, known as Jean Duquesne, which used to strike the hours with a hammer, was erected on the top of the new belfry.
Montdidier.—The Hotel-de-Ville.
Rue Parmentier is next reached, at the entrance to which is the 16th century Church of the Holy Sepulchre.
Montdidier.—Rue Parmentier and the Church of St. Sepulchre (1914).