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| | St. Etienne De Meaux |
 | | The picturesque little city is situated on the Marne, some thirty miles from Paris, amid a verdure which, if not luxuriant, is, at least, a " fringe of green " that is appealing alike to local pride, and to the artist or stranger within the gates. |
 | | It is an ancient bishopric (now suffragan of Paris), founded in 375 A. The Cathedral of Saint Etienne de Meaux is called by the French the " Child of Amiens," and it would have all the dignity of its mother had but the nave received the same development as the choir. |
 | | Clearly, the Cathedral of St. Etienne de Meaux, as an interesting shrine, may be classed well at the head of the secondary cathedrals of the third Gothic period. |
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