The Rue St. Claude, to the right, leads to the church of St. Denis-du-Saint
Sacrement (PI. R, 26; in the Rue de Turenne. The church, in the

neo-classic style, dates from 1823-35 and contains (in the chapel to the right
of the entrance) a Descent from the Cross, by Eng. Delacroix, and a fine statue
of Ste. Genevieve by Perraud (1868). Paintings in the choir by A. de Pujol. —
No. 54 in the Rue de Turenne (now a school) was occupied by President
de Gcurgues (1728); No. 60 was the residence of the chancellor Boucherat
and (until 1901) the Convent of St. Elizabeth. The court of No. 23, formerly
inhabited by Colbert de Villacerf (1740), should be noticed. — In the Eue
Thorigny (almost opposite the Rue St. Claude) is a beauiiful house (No. 5)
dating from the 17 th century.

The Boulevard Beaumarchais ends at the Place de la Bastille
(p. 174). — Restaurants in the Eastern boulevards, see p. 19.

3. From the Western Boulevards to the Louvre.

The Place Vendome lies about midway between the "W. boule-
wards and the Rue de Rivoli (p. 90). It is reached from the Place
de l'Opera by the broad Rue de la Paix (PL R, 18; II), which prior
to 1814 was called the Rue Napoleon, and has long been famous for
its jewellers' shops and great dressmaking establishments.

The buildings in the Place Vendome (PL R, 18; II) were partly
constructed by J. Hardouin-Mansart (1708). The Place was then
embellished with an equestrian statue of Louis XIV. by Girardon,
and was known as the Place Louis-le-Grand. This statue was
replaced at the Revolution by a statue of Liberty, and the name of
the square changed to Place des Piques. In 1800 the erection of a
column in memory of the soldiers who fell in the first campaigns of
the Republic was contemplated, but in 1806 the Senate decided for
the present column in honour of Napoleon I. The Place owes its
present name to a palace erected here by Henri IV. for his son, the
Due de Vendome. In the centre rises the —
Colonne Vendome, an imitation of Trajan's column at Rome,
142 ft. in height and 13 ft. in diameter. It was designed by
Gondouin and Lepere, its erection being supervised by Denon. The
column is constructed of masonry, encrusted with plates of bronze
(designed by Bergeret) forming a spiral band nearly 300 yds. in
length, on which are represented memorable scenes of the cam-
paign of 1805, from the breaking up of the camp at Boulogne down
to the Battle of Austerlitz. The figures are 3 ft. in height, and
many of them are portraits (reduced model at the Mint, see p. 285).
The metal was obtained by melting down 1200 Russian and Austrian
cannons., At the top is a statue of Napoleon in his imperial robes,
after Chaudet. Visitors are no longer permitted to ascend.

The vicissitudes of the Vendome Column reflect the political history
of France. In 1814 the statue of Napoleon was taken down by the Royal-
ists, and under the Restoration it was replaced by a monster fleur-de-lis
surmounted bv a white flag. The metal was used in casting the equestrian
statue of Henri IV. (p. 254). In 1831 Louis Philippe caused a new statue
of the emperor, in a greatcoat and three-cornered hat, to be placed on the