military
The only way into the Cité from the Field. A Gothic gate-tower in pale limestone, flanked by carved women caught in the act of speaking; above the arch an inscription in the French of 1405, Nulle n'entre ici qui ne puisse nommer une femme oubliée. Whoever wants to enter names a forgotten woman. Sojourner Truth listens, and asks what the woman did on a Tuesday. If the name is truly forgotten, a stone is broken for her at the Quarry and read aloud under the arch. The portcullis has not been lowere...
Located in Cité des Dames.