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HOTEL DE FRANCE.—Every modern comfort. Steam heating. English Church Service at the Hotel. Golf links free for visitors. See Advt. From the Plateau of Mont Revard (5,000 ft. high), at the foot of which Aix-les-Bains is situated, there is a magnificent view of the country all round, including Mont Blanc and its sister alps. There is a Funicular Railway to the summit, the trains taking just over an hour for the journey. Half-day excursions by coaches and cars are made daily during the season (May to September inclusive) from Aix (Parc extremity of the Avenue de la Gare), at a cost of 5 francs per passenger; these vehicles go in six different directions through most beautiful and varied scenery. There is also a day excursion made two or three times a week to La Grande Chartreuse, at a charge of 15 francs for the day. The CATHEDRAL is one of the magnificent Gothic monuments of France, the facade being specially admired. It was erected 1220-88; the length is 470 ft., transept 213 ft., width of nave 144 ft. The towers, incomplete, are of 13th (181 ft.) and 15th (210 ft.) cents.; the spire (360 ft.) dates from 1529. Many statues and much carving on the facade; between the doors of the central porch is a figure of the Saviour, the Beau Dieu d’Amiens. In the interior the loftiness of the nave, 147 ft., is striking, only the nave of Beauvais Cathedral being loftier; a wealth of carving in the choir; behind the high altar is an angelic figure, the Enfant Pleureur; reliefs in the transepts and on the choir screen, the chapels are interesting. In the open square at east end of Cathedral is a statue of Peter the Hermit, or Peter of Amiens, who preached the first Crusade. Avignon, the ancient Avenio, chief town of the Département Vaucluse, on the River Rhone, the seat of an archbishop, is a very important place in the history of the Catholic Church. Upon the river bank, which rises like a cliff, are the Papal Palace and Cathedral, and about this spot the city is picturesque. It was the residence from 1305 until 1377 of Popes in antagonism to the Popes of Rome. At the entrance to the city from the Station the old walls should be noticed. Apply to Continental Inquiry Office, Victoria Station, or Charing Cross Station, London; or to Capt. Dixon, Folkestone Harbour; in Boulogne, to Major Stevens, Quai Chanzy; in Paris, to Capt. Churchward, 14, Rue du 4 Septembre.

A street running between the Railway Stations ascends to the city, and if followed in its bending westward will conduct to the Hotel de Ville (left), on past the Palais de Justice (right), then about third street on left leads to the Cathedral. Bradshaw, George (1896). Bradshaw's Illustrated Hand-book to Germany and Austria. London: W.J. Adams & Sons. OL 20511184M. Sunday Services Abroad.—CHURCH OF ENGLAND SERVICES are mostly supplied by the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts (15, Tufton Street, Westminster, S.W.); and the Colonial and Continental Church Society (9, Serjeants’ Inn, Fleet Street, E.C.) A few Embassy and Consular Chaplains are still appointed or partly supported by the Foreign Office. II.—POSTAL REGULATIONS.The Passport will enable the holder to reside in Russia for six months, when it must be exchanged at the Prefecture of St. Petersburg, or at the Chancery of a Provincial Governor, for a Russian Billet de Séjour to be renewed annually.

Gadsby, John (1885). "Bradshaw". Notes and Queries. London: John C. Francis. 11 (6th Series) (262): 15–16. ISSN 0029-3970– via Internet Archive. Bradshaw, George (1896). Bradshaw's Hand-book to Normandy and the Channel Islands. London: W.J. Adams & Sons . Retrieved 4 February 2020. Motor Cars.—Detailed information regarding Motor Car regulations upon the Continent will be found in the Handbook of the Automobile Club. CATHEDRAL of St. Maurice, Romanesque-Gothic, of 12th-13th cent.; carving on the facade. Interior has sculpture, tapestry, finely carved pulpit; handsome windows. On north side of the Cathedral is the Bishop’s palace.REGINA GRAND HOTEL BERNASCON.—Large splendid hotel, beautifully situated, with terrace commanding fine view of the Lake and Mountains. Open all the year. G. Bernascon, Propr. See Adv.

In practically all European Countries no merchandise is allowed to enter free of duty. In the case of travellers the custom-house officials have a certain latitude allowed them, and in France, for instance, the question, Have you anything to declare? if answered in the negative is very frequently followed, in the absence of any suspicious circumstances, by the traveller being allowed to pass almost without examination. TSO Online Bookshop - Bookshop". Archived from the original on 18 July 2005 . Retrieved 9 August 2017. a b Jones, Kevin P (26 November 2011). "Biographies of chairmen, managers & other senior railway officers". SteamIndex . Retrieved 7 January 2011. The Castle, near the river, north of the Station, is still an imposing monument of feudal times, though much has been destroyed. The principal Railway Station, Grande Gare, is on the north side of the city, half a mile from the centre.It is his belief as a Quaker that is quoted as causing the early editions of Bradshaw's guides to have avoided using the names of months based upon Roman deities which was seen as "pagan" usage. Quaker usage was, and sometimes still is, "First month" for January, "Second month" for February and so on. Days of the week were "First day" for Sunday and so on. MUSEE. From near south side of Cathedral go down Rue Toussaint, on east side is Rue du Musée. Collections of paintings, sculpture, and natural history, Sun. and Thurs., 1.0 to 5.0.