THE VANISHED GATE

PARTICIPANTS MET AT THE BASILICA, MARCHED DOWN RUE SAINT-DENIS AND ENTERED TOWN AT THE RAMPART GATE

            Paris in 1530 / zoom

L'Entrée de Jean II le Bon le 17 septembre 27, 1350 by Jean Fouquet toward 1475, zoom

Entry of Queen Isabeau of Bavière August 22, 1389 / zoom

     L'Entrée de Charles VII en 1436 / zoom  (more images below)

Entry for the Mariage of Isabeau de Bavière in 1385 / zoom

      Charles IV greets Isabelle of France in 1325 / zoom 

     Another version of the entry above, Froissart's Chronicle, zoom

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A sign marks the gate's location, which one needs sharp eyes to see:

 

Even when I look for the sign,

I can walk past it.

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Next,

Beyond the gate, the royal gibbet