Horloge

We climbed up the hill and rang the bell at the Tour de l'Horloge, which is the only part of the buildings still boasting a roof, and here the concierge and his family tuck themselves away somewhere within its high, narrow walls.

In Château Land Anne Hollingsworth Wharton 1886

Strolling around the pedestrian centre of Rouen with a couple of girlfriends, we had paused by the famous Gros-Horloge to buy crèpes from a street vendor when I laid eyes on him for the first time.

tadpole #2 2005

Horloge -- you can see the clock hanging over the road.

Simon Called Peter Robert Keable 1907

It was in my mind at first to place here an itinerary I had planned by which it would be possible to visit everything of interest in Rouen in six days, starting from the Hôtel du Nord near the Grosse Horloge, and returning to the same spot.

The Story of Rouen Theodore Andrea Cook 1897

In 1705 the entry upon the Grosse Horloge was opened by Jacques Monthieu, just where the Passage de l'Hôtel de Ville is to-day.

The Story of Rouen Theodore Andrea Cook 1897

Massacre (in the Rue de la Grosse Horloge), is shown to be separated from the Hôtel de Ville by a few shops.

The Story of Rouen Theodore Andrea Cook 1897

[Footnote 29: Their affection was not always grammatical, as may be seen from the old title "Rue du Gros Horloge" on the corner of the street to-day.]

The Story of Rouen Theodore Andrea Cook 1897

So that when every door in the Rue de la Grosse Horloge flew open on a morning in 1490, when every shop was filled with gossips eager for the news, and even "Rouvel" himself was tingling faintly with suppressed excitement, you might be sure that another royal attempt was being made upon the liberty of these touchy subjects.

The Story of Rouen Theodore Andrea Cook 1897

Grosse Horloge, and in 1510, Thomas Bohier asked the canons to allow a hut to be built in the Parvis for the convenience of his masons, just as the Church had done.

The Story of Rouen Theodore Andrea Cook 1897

There is one more tale, a very different one, that I must tell of this same life of the people round the belfry of the Grosse Horloge, if only to give you the contrast of the dealings of Louis XI. with the good citizens of Rouen, and to emphasise the moral of their sturdy independence.

The Story of Rouen Theodore Andrea Cook 1897