Rouen, It's History and Monuments - A Guide to Strangers by Théodore Licquet
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_Rouge-Mare_ is now the butter market.
THE BOULINGRIN. The English have returned to the French that which they had borrowed of them. Formerly, people did not go to walk on the _boulevard_, but on the _boule-verd_, from which the english have made _bowling-green_, a literal translation. From this word, the french derive their _Boulingrin_. This place is situated at the junction of the rampes Beauvoisine and Saint-Hilaire; it is a vast square surrounded by a magnificent double row of horse chestnut trees. Since the horse market has been transferred to it, people commonly call it the _new Rouge-Mare_. PUBLIC LIBRARY, PICTURE GALLERY AND MUSEUMS. PUBLIC LIBRARY, _At the Town Hall._ The opening of this library took place on the 4th july 1809. Since then, the inhabitants and strangers are admited into this establishment |
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