Portail Levis

As its name suggests, it was a drawbridge, once closed by a portcullis. In reality, this ‘gate’ was a ‘châtelet’. It consisted of a square tower with a drawbridge on the ground floor. The tower was demolished in 1819. The boulevard Paul André, named after the Consul of the Ancien Régime, dates from 1832. It is located on the site of the city's old defensive wall, where, after 1333, it was authorised to open windows, provided they were iron-grilled.