La Sainte-Chapelle

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwC3YfgEVlBGf_j-I8qIhbg1R_vD9smaCeX7yD-DoZDB9i4IlGpEGO5h6TDH4Oo73d4F5Qa96um3bMQBaXUaK4zw4BHOsLr8DOXr5UUof41XR22qR6Qr9T9JA02h9Jyxz-PnIa5wPDag4/s1600/2012+Mar+28+Paris_054DSC_4409.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwC3YfgEVlBGf_j-I8qIhbg1R_vD9smaCeX7yD-DoZDB9i4IlGpEGO5h6TDH4Oo73d4F5Qa96um3bMQBaXUaK4zw4BHOsLr8DOXr5UUof41XR22qR6Qr9T9JA02h9Jyxz-PnIa5wPDag4/s1600/2012+Mar+28+Paris_054DSC_4409.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">La Sainte-Chapelle</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">As you enter through the lower chapel of this Gothic flamboyant church, </div><div style="text-align: center;">you are struck with the deep, rich colors trimmed with gilt.  </div><div style="text-align: center;">As you climb the narrow staircase to this upper chapel,</div><div style="text-align: center;"> seeing the panorama of stained-glass windows </div><div style="text-align: center;">you will gasp at the magnificence. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> I have seen it many times, knowing just what I will see,</div><div style="text-align: center;"> and it still takes my breath away.</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;"><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;"><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;">La 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;">8, 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>

La Sainte-Chapelle

La Sainte-Chapelle As you enter through the lower chapel of this Gothic flamboyant church,  you are struck with the deep, rich colors trimme...

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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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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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