Troyes

Troyes, an old-fashioned French town, formerly capital of the province of Champagne, and now of the department of Aube, situated on the Seine, 104 miles E.S.E. of Paris by railway. The cathedral was originally founded in 872; the oldest part of the present structure dates from 1206. There are several other mediaeval churches. The abbey of St. Loup contains a good museum and a library of some 100,000 volumes, with a large collection of MSS: Cotton, linen, and woollen goods are manufactured. The town is the centre of an agricultural district.