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| | Paris - The Beautiful |
 | | The once magnificent mansion of Hugues Aubriot which, under Charles V was a notable social centre, is here occupied by venders of milk and provisions, old chairs, broken kitchen furnishings which have apparently seen their best days, and the rags of utter squalor. |
 | | Hugues Aubriot was made Provost of Paris under Charles V, and this building, then known as the provost's palace, was noted for the tower and spiral staircase, which is the only part now remaining intact. |
 | | The Conciergerie and the Tour de l'Horloge are the survival of the mediæval palace built by Hugues Capet, 'to which the more modern structures have been, from time to time, added. |
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