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 560 FRENCH ARCHITECTURE. Part II. beautiful f a9ades known anywhere. The diagonal position of the tovvers met most happily the difficulty of giving breadth to the fa9ade withoiit placing thera beyond the line of the aisles, as is done in the L 412. Church of St. Ouen at Koueii, from the S. E. (Froiu Chapuy.) cathedral of Rouen, and at the same time gave a variety to the per- spective which must have had the most pleasing effect. Had thfe idea occurred earlier, few western towers would have been placed other- ■ se ; but the invention came too late, and Avithin the last few years we have seen all traces of the arrangement ruthlessly obliterated.