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Maison de la Louve

The headquarters of the archers' guild, the Maison de la Louve is also one of the few buildings that survived the French artillery.
The pillastered facade is adorned by representations of concepts such as Peace and Discord. The medallions beneath the pediment carry the likenesses of four Roman Emperors set above allegorical motifs indicating their particular attributes : Trajan is above the Sun, a symbol of Thruth, Tiberius with a net and cage representing Falsehood, Augustus and the globe of Peace, and Julius Caesar with a bleeding heart representing Disunity.
Just above the door, the bas-relief represents the Roman she-wolf suckling Romulus and Remus.

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