Our Revolutionists left it its name, because in all probability they don't know what it means.

I don't know much better than they, but I think I remember that a certain Sieur d'Estavayer challenged some Flemish count--I don't know who--and that the combat took place in this square.

Now, my dear fellow, here is the prison, which ought to give you some idea of human vicissitudes.

Gil Blas didn't change his condition more often than this monument its purposes.

Before Caesar it was a Gaelic temple; Caesar converted it into a Roman fortress; an unknown architect transformed it into a military work during the Middle Ages; the Knights of Baye, following Caesar's example, re-made it into a fortress; the princes of Savoy used it for a residence; the aunt of Charles V.lived here when she came to visit her church at Brou, which she never had the satisfaction of seeing finished.
Finally, after the treaty of Lyons, when Bresse was returned to France, it was utilized both as a prison and a court-house.