Contrexéville (Vosges) : source du Pavillon.

Date:
[1895?]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Contrexéville (Vosges) : source du Pavillon. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    to prefer this part of the season, \vhen the station is less cro^vded than in summer. By the 1st of June the “ elegant ” contingent begins to arrive or at least retain rooms, and from then on to the 15th of August the season is in full swing. Andnowmav be seen taking their constitutional in the Park, the Marcjuis and Marrpiise de T., General Baron de C., Lord D., or ]\I. ^V., the great financier. Finally, towards the middle of August, with the begin- ning of the vacation in schools and colleges and law courts, the ranks of the Ausitors are strengthened by the accession of a number of professors, legal luminaries and function- aries of all sorts. Thus it is that ContrexeAulle has hecome one of the favourite rendez-Amus of the best European society. To this fact is due the circumstance thatit has been intimately connected AAuth the history of the Franco-Bussian alliance; for it AAms Avhile folloAAung his “ cure ” at ContrexeAulle that the Grand-Duke Constantine Avcnt oAer to Xancy to pay the visit to President Carnot AAdiich Avas destined to consolidate the friendship of the French and Russian nations. Again, in September, 1895, after the grand manceuAU’es in the East of France, Prince Lobanolf and M. llanotaux ratified their understanding in the neigh- bourhood of the Pavilion Spring. Henceforth Gontrexe- ville is a jilace of historical importance.
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