Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 258, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 November 1911 — Donjon de Vincennes Restored. [ARTICLE]

Donjon de Vincennes Restored.

, famous Donjon de de Vincennes, which has played no small part In the history of Paris, Is shortly to be opened to the public. This wonder of mediaeval architecture —it Is a stone edifice, dating almost entirely from the early fourteenth century—• has for many years been little better than a military barracks, but, thanks to the society which calls himself “Amis de Vincennes,” the military an* thorittnes have consented to give up the chateau, with its chapel, towers, and remarkable walls. The five floors of' the donjon are now being freed of the old military fitting, harnesses, and old arms which encumbered them, and the magnificent stairway, the prisons, council chamber, inquisition chamber, and apartment of Charles V. are being restored to their former condition. It is not proposed to turn the donjon into any sort of museum, but simply, to leave it free to public inspection as one of the most remarkable architectural monuments to be found near Paris. —Paris Correspondent London Globe. f