Afternoon in Provins - Medieval City

Before she left for home, Marla and I stopped by the Evangelical and Lutheran Church 

l'eglise St. Jean on Grenelle

  

Fields of mustard flowers by the train tracks on our way to and

from Provins.  The pictures were taken through the train window. 

I am amazed that they turned out this well. 

Provins originated from the Castle, which was fortified in the 11th and 12th centuries. The settlement soon grew outside it, and was then enclosed within a defensive wall. In the 13th century the town was expanded again, to include the river valley area (Lower Town). Remains in the Upper Town include small houses built in stone and timber-framed construction and the Tour de César with its remarkable donjon. In the Lower Town there are several churches, storage areas for use during the fairs, mills, wash basins, tanneries related to the textile handicraft and a sophisticated water management system of canals.

In the distance the Couvent des Cordelieres.

This door is not on a house, but is in the wall surrounding a house.

Le Durteint fbehind me

The Professor standing at the base of the Tour Cesar

Flowers growing out of the fortress wall.

The same yellow flowers growing from a shingle roof.

Sign on a door in a district with many restaurants and brasseries.

Door of the church/eglise Saint-Ayoul

La Tour Notre-Dame-du-Val in the background

L'eglise Saint-Ayoul

The church was built after the rediscovery of the tomb of Aigulphe Bourges (known by many other names: Au, Ay, August, or Ayeul Ayoul), former bishop of Bourges buried in the greatest secrecy 845 .

The Professor standing next to Saint Denis

La Collegiale Saint-Quiriace

Private mansion by La Place du Chatel

La Place du Chatel