Le faubourg, ou avenue Marcellin Maurel, occupe l’emplacement des anciens fossés qui séparaient la ville du faubourg.
Les maisons de la ville s’ouvrirent sur l’extérieur vers 1840. Le pontis (ou passage voûté) ne fut ouvert qu’en 1863.
Les arbres qui ornaient le faubourg ont disparu en 1910 pour faire place au tramway.
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- 08. The Faubourg and the Pontis
The Faubourg, or Avenue Marcellin-Maurel, takes the place of the ancient ditch which separated the town from its ‘suburb’. The houses of the old town were not opened to the outside until about 1840. The pontis (or covered passage) was opened only in 1863. The trees which lined the Faubourg were cut down in 1910, […]
