Église Saint Pierre - Chartres

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6lei_x7XN3IwyLfT8lPU57sMo1BoD0bmOBO6coPKqjoHssYefCN-fWPociAWNMtAsGdhTjE7HLlneUo9EHUsG7dj-5O5_RQ2VsWq0cphU-XwAfPKeOao33sISL9Z0cnkQAsUzejjN7kw/s1600/2011+april+4+DSC_0215.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6lei_x7XN3IwyLfT8lPU57sMo1BoD0bmOBO6coPKqjoHssYefCN-fWPociAWNMtAsGdhTjE7HLlneUo9EHUsG7dj-5O5_RQ2VsWq0cphU-XwAfPKeOao33sISL9Z0cnkQAsUzejjN7kw/s1600/2011+april+4+DSC_0215.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Église Saint Pierre</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Saint-Pierre Church in Chartres is not as well known </div><div style="text-align: center;">as the Cathedral of our Lady of Chartres,</div><div style="text-align: center;"> but this 13th Century church is a Gothic masterpiece </div><div style="text-align: center;">with some windows surviving from the 14th Century. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">bon dimanche</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Église Saint Pierre</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">rue Pétion</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">28000, Chartres</span></i><br /></div>

Église Saint Pierre - Chartres

Église Saint Pierre Saint-Pierre Church in Chartres is not as well known  as the Cathedral of our Lady of Chartres,  but this 13th Century ...

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Basilique Saint Denis

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidt0pD5O0UlfNiky0KjIPDlrrzsqW8TVQtm9xhFlyJ4tRoc0sFvk_b2PM1lOAVrWOHbskDtQx4oC7_pXM47CZ-EixnjQBGarBGqogxS9RlP45-M-eGUD8gTBd02ueAJ7m0SGBd04quw9Q/s1600/2012+Jan+16++3rd_0019.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="740" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidt0pD5O0UlfNiky0KjIPDlrrzsqW8TVQtm9xhFlyJ4tRoc0sFvk_b2PM1lOAVrWOHbskDtQx4oC7_pXM47CZ-EixnjQBGarBGqogxS9RlP45-M-eGUD8gTBd02ueAJ7m0SGBd04quw9Q/s1600/2012+Jan+16++3rd_0019.jpg" width="492" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Basilique Saint Denis</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">It is worth the trip to the outskirts of Paris to see this basilica, </div><div style="text-align: center;">with its outstanding array of </div><div style="text-align: center;">stained glass windows, </div><div style="text-align: center;">Gothic arches, </div><div style="text-align: center;">funerary art, </div><div style="text-align: center;">tombs and sculptures.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">bon dimanche</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Basilique Saint Denis</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">1, rue de la Légion d'Honneur</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">92300, Saint-Denis</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Basilique Saint Denis

Basilique Saint Denis It is worth the trip to the outskirts of Paris to see this basilica,  with its outstanding array of  stained glass win...

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Cathédrale Notre Dame de Paris

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFsc5yksd1gTvwtnBWDK09e4CnAPCHPWXmY5Tr9gYynLF_AZ5i6nsFAAvQHPupJ0HenIb8cJvdnMTv0t4LIhKExG4GfjiH2-FoGITjrl7ScgQmaJMR83-CD0PTsA6RPwbHil_IDRpFttk/s1600/2012+Mar+28+Paris_112DSC_4467.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFsc5yksd1gTvwtnBWDK09e4CnAPCHPWXmY5Tr9gYynLF_AZ5i6nsFAAvQHPupJ0HenIb8cJvdnMTv0t4LIhKExG4GfjiH2-FoGITjrl7ScgQmaJMR83-CD0PTsA6RPwbHil_IDRpFttk/s1600/2012+Mar+28+Paris_112DSC_4467.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Notre Dame</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">If you go to this well-known landmark very early in the morning </div><div style="text-align: center;">when the doors are first opened </div><div style="text-align: center;">(and it is not in the months of March through October), </div><div style="text-align: center;">you can take your time photographing the amazing architecture </div><div style="text-align: center;">and details absent the crowds.  </div><div style="text-align: center;">The Cathedral is open every day at 8am </div><div style="text-align: center;">and on Saturdays and Sundays at 7:15am.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Since I did not take my own advice on this particular visit, </div><div style="text-align: center;">you will notice that my photo (and all of the others I took) </div><div style="text-align: center;">are aimed away from the tourists.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">bon dimanche</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Cathédrale Notre Dame de Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">6 Parvis Notre Dame</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Place Jean-Paul II</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75004, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></i></div>

Cathédrale Notre Dame de Paris

Notre Dame If you go to this well-known landmark very early in the morning  when the doors are first opened  (and it is not in the months of...

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Chapelle Notre Dame des Anges

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrBEvDAzoW2noQsARwz0-VbypvaYzTwXVe0F5kyI_ncYdfb1vYfRIjsaDsQy265Y18JkB5zMI0yXrghl1GfJ59IPQ9LLGwm-vOjR7WdL5mD6iOIGcPJJV3EmFlXUzLlsG93Jh-Ro_Z4Ww/s1600/2012+Oct+8+Monday_146DSC_9257.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrBEvDAzoW2noQsARwz0-VbypvaYzTwXVe0F5kyI_ncYdfb1vYfRIjsaDsQy265Y18JkB5zMI0yXrghl1GfJ59IPQ9LLGwm-vOjR7WdL5mD6iOIGcPJJV3EmFlXUzLlsG93Jh-Ro_Z4Ww/s1600/2012+Oct+8+Monday_146DSC_9257.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Chapelle Notre Dame des Anges</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The plain street exterior of this church belies </div><div style="text-align: center;">the exquisite Gothic Revival architecture of the interior.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">There are nearly forty stained glass windows,</div><div style="text-align: center;">each with a story to tell.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">bon dimanche</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">(a bit late)</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Chapelle Notre Dame des Anges</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">104, rue de Vaugirard</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75006, Paris</span></i></div>

Chapelle Notre Dame des Anges

Chapelle Notre Dame des Anges The plain street exterior of this church belies  the exquisite Gothic Revival architecture of the interior. Th...

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Église Sainte-Chapelle

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBIB7rdNWQABBFTW44O4YyH7U9mUKnyLX29ahVvre1EPdYs1qOGsFkQ_OUOjp6P-xyzcg6pkWe5RNXJQrClMw9Lj10JmTVYQwW6VsOGmYflDiCCppZtOWoP4mgrOTw_xlxbB9OOsxH1NQ/s1600/2012+Mar+28+Paris_035DSC_4390.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="750" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBIB7rdNWQABBFTW44O4YyH7U9mUKnyLX29ahVvre1EPdYs1qOGsFkQ_OUOjp6P-xyzcg6pkWe5RNXJQrClMw9Lj10JmTVYQwW6VsOGmYflDiCCppZtOWoP4mgrOTw_xlxbB9OOsxH1NQ/s1600/2012+Mar+28+Paris_035DSC_4390.jpg" width="520" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Église Sainte-Chapelle</div><div style="text-align: center;">Miracle of Light</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This Gothic masterpiece built in 1246 is an incredible feat of construction.  The upper chapel seen here surrounds the visitor with soaring stained glass windows of deep, vibrant primary colors.  The ceiling design and structure is unique and recognized the world over.  </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The architectural prowess of the 13th century rivals any construction we might see today.  Sainte-Chapelle is essentially a building of glass supported only by the narrow rib-like cages that press the entire weight of the roof  through a system of arches on to a few columns - amazing!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">bon dimanche</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Église Sainte-Chapelle</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">4, boulevard du Palais</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75001, Paris</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Église Sainte-Chapelle

Église Sainte-Chapelle Miracle of Light This Gothic masterpiece built in 1246 is an incredible feat of construction.  The upper chapel seen ...

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Église Saint-Eustache

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMxtdYupsEuqfqkbGWsnr2Zw801hqZdBVS5rvxdPHHSnisL0d46IHKy4Q_lkiUEcjJqvnMVx3x_MgN0u7JMP0jukhILytmr0dF9iGf_yZnhlILBb2W2CLACSicxBp1nsM9_3qHWe3cAxQ/s1600/2013+Nov21+Paris+_20131121+369+DSC_2054.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="690" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMxtdYupsEuqfqkbGWsnr2Zw801hqZdBVS5rvxdPHHSnisL0d46IHKy4Q_lkiUEcjJqvnMVx3x_MgN0u7JMP0jukhILytmr0dF9iGf_yZnhlILBb2W2CLACSicxBp1nsM9_3qHWe3cAxQ/s1600/2013+Nov21+Paris+_20131121+369+DSC_2054.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Église Saint-Eustache</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span> </div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span> </div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">This masterpiece of late Gothic architecture unveiled a bell tower framed in blue skies and white clouds, a reward for looking up.  The tower is finished in Renaissance style which would be expected for a church of this age.  Rennovation and reconstruction over the centuries produced many interesting details.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span> </div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span> </div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The construction of the present church was begun in 1532 and finished over a hundred years later.  The first church on this site was established in 1223.  </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span> </div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-small;"><em>bon dimanche</em></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-small;"><em></em></span> </div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-small;"><em></em></span> </div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-small;"><em></em></span> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-small;"><em>Église Saint-Eustache</em></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-small;"><em>2, impasse Saint-Eustache</em></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-small;"><em>75001, Paris</em></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"></div>

Église Saint-Eustache

      Église Saint-Eustache     This masterpiece of late Gothic architecture unveiled a bell tower framed in blue skies and white clouds, a ...

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Cathédral Notre-Dame de Chartres - un détail

<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/9866390833/" title="2011 April 15 day 4 DSC_0146 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2011 April 15 day 4 DSC_0146" height="800" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7409/9866390833_2cb446f952_c.jpg" width="532" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Chartres Cathedral</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">12th Century Gothic </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The 300 narrow, winding steps to the bell tower </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">reward the adventurous climber with a quiet and lofty view of Chartres </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">as well as intricate details.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The cathedral artisans carved images of beasts and flowers </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">in places where they would not be easily seen by anyone but God. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">bon dimanche</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Cathédral Notre-Dame de Chartres</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Chartres, France</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>(an easy day-trip from Paris by train)</em></span></div>

Cathédral Notre-Dame de Chartres - un détail

Chartres Cathedral 12th Century Gothic The 300 narrow, winding steps to the bell tower  reward the adventurous climber with a quiet and loft...

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Église Saint-Merri - La Fontaine Stravinsky

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg_LrTstbosDCVqxkgmyg30Q-RDDrbtTL1Sk9sZNM3biMNrPo1_ZSQBioSyObx6b8cBOTR4X8CaleSEwCYoRSPCoAGgRKHkQ8-1BbWLUnbujukRiTXZZC-FLMJSHBbe9LDavLKYWjyz0w/s1600/2013+0523+Thurs_39DSC_6253.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="584" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg_LrTstbosDCVqxkgmyg30Q-RDDrbtTL1Sk9sZNM3biMNrPo1_ZSQBioSyObx6b8cBOTR4X8CaleSEwCYoRSPCoAGgRKHkQ8-1BbWLUnbujukRiTXZZC-FLMJSHBbe9LDavLKYWjyz0w/s640/2013+0523+Thurs_39DSC_6253.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Église Saint-Merri</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The Stravinsky Fountain</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The whimsy of 16 animated sculptures stands in contrast </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">to the flying buttresses of this ancient church </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">with its "Gothic Flamboyant" architectural style.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The fountain sculptures were installed in 1983...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The church built between 1500 and 1550...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Which of these two Paris landmarks will look the best in 200 years?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">bon dimanche</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Église Saint-Merri </span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">76, rue de la Verrerie</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75004, Paris</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Église Saint-Merri - La Fontaine Stravinsky

Église Saint-Merri The Stravinsky Fountain The whimsy of 16 animated sculptures stands in contrast  to the flying buttresses of this ancient...

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Cathédrale Notre Dame de Paris

<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/9114047016/" title="2010 June 21 00121 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2010 June 21 00121" height="800" src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2852/9114047016_15615aedfd_c.jpg" width="532" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Cathédrale Notre Dame de Paris</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Last Sunday's post of Notre Dame was a night view</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> of the east side of this great cathedral.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I thought that you might like to see </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">the same perspective under blue skies.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">bon dimanche</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Cathédrale Notre Dame de Paris</span></span></i></div><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span></span></i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">6 Parvis Notre Dame</span></span></i></div><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span></span></i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Place Jean-Paul II</span></span></i></div><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span></span></i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75004, Paris</span></span></i></div></div>

Cathédrale Notre Dame de Paris

Cathédrale Notre Dame de Paris Last Sunday's post of Notre Dame was a night view  of the east side of this great cathedral.   I thought ...

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Église Saint-Merri

<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/8990713967/" title="2013 0523 Thurs_35DSC_6249 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2013 0523 Thurs_35DSC_6249" height="585" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7318/8990713967_bbcca5d4de_c.jpg" width="680" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Église Saint-Merri</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">This church was constructed between 1500 and 1550 </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">in a style called "Gothic flamboyant."  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Surviving the French Revolution is the oldest bell in Paris, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">cast in 1331.  (That is not a typo... 1331!!)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">This church was reported as a site of the 1832 barricades </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">fighting in a republican uprising against the July Monarchy.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I will be going back to my unabridged Les Miserables to look for clues.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">bon dimanche</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Église Saint-Merri </span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">76, rue de la Verrerie</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75004, Paris</span></span></i></div>

Église Saint-Merri

Église Saint-Merri This church was constructed between 1500 and 1550  in a style called "Gothic flamboyant."   Surviving the Frenc...

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Église Sainte-Chapelle

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_stfYeLReakAGl3RWVvC6MAVs5fDZGCRWoSQyW5jeyVOBkV5edjpmsYRoN3ftdXN-2OU91Dnxm8URMursTEpWC6zfpBAJ4oi0YwpGdtVYOT_khuuiW42oyvAj2Zrc-eJ7rLSQE7xp4S0/s1600/2012+Mar+28+Paris_017DSC_4372.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_stfYeLReakAGl3RWVvC6MAVs5fDZGCRWoSQyW5jeyVOBkV5edjpmsYRoN3ftdXN-2OU91Dnxm8URMursTEpWC6zfpBAJ4oi0YwpGdtVYOT_khuuiW42oyvAj2Zrc-eJ7rLSQE7xp4S0/s640/2012+Mar+28+Paris_017DSC_4372.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Église Sainte-Chapelle</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The devout King Louis IX founded the Gothic Sainte-Chapelle </span><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">as a chapel for the royal palace and to house sacred relics.  </span><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">It is reported that he spent three times </span><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">the cost of the chapel's construction </span><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">for the "Crown of Thorns."</span><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Built in 1246, it also provided easy underground access </span><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">to the royal palace.  Almost all of the precious relics </span><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">were lost or destroyed during the French Revolution.</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">bon dimanche</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><i>Sainte-Chapelle</i></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><i>4, boulevard du Palais</i></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><i>75001, Paris</i></span></div>

Église Sainte-Chapelle

Église Sainte-Chapelle The devout King Louis IX founded the Gothic Sainte-Chapelle  as a chapel for the royal palace and to house sacred rel...

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Église Saint-Séverin

<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/8472821706/" title="2012 Mar 28 Paris_193DSC_4548 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2012 Mar 28 Paris_193DSC_4548" height="800" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8226/8472821706_da3a90e986_c.jpg" width="530" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Église Saint-Séverin</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">One of the oldest churches in Paris, the early Romanesque building was replaced with Gothic architecture at the beginning of the thirteenth century.  It is well-known in the 5ème arrondissement for the exterior gargoyles and the original bells cast in 1412.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Fires and wars required rebuilding and renovation over the centuries.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The scenes such as this in the oldest parts of the church are my favorites.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">bon dimanche</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Église Saint-Séverin</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">3, rue des Prêtres Saint-Séverin</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75005, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></i></div>

Église Saint-Séverin

Église Saint-Séverin One of the oldest churches in Paris, the early Romanesque building was replaced with Gothic architecture at the beginni...

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