Paris at the time of Philippe-Auguste - The wall 16 rue Thouin

Philippe Auguste's wall (left bank)
16 rue Thouin

The angle of the builiding made with the rue Thouin, n° 16 is characteristic. It shows where the wall went abruptly southward. The building is on a remnant of the wall, visible behing the gate.	Behind the gate 16 rue Thouin, at the bottom of the wall, half hidden by the garbage, the wall (grey stones at the bootm right corner of the picture
Going south to the 4 rue Thouin a small door leads to a leafy garden. According to Arthur Gillette (a specialist of the wall)it would be the rampart. It does look like it, but is is hard to explain why it would be so far from its layout