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Fabien🤘
March 11, 2026
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It was between 1783 and 1788 that the Queen's Dragoons barracks (destroyed during the bombings of 1917) were built on the site of the current Lycée Paul-Claudel. The fountains or watering troughs, located outside the walls, were intended for the needs of the soldiers. They were enlarged in 1811 and used throughout the 19th century, and even before the First World War, horses still came to drink there. And if you turn around when you are overlooking the troughs, you can see on your right an old fortified city gate—now walled up—called the Holy Fountain Gate.
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