Quai Saint-Michel - "layers"

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT516-vZS57kG8dAgzj8WIWuvOo5KUUlDJXQESQm8vsEJAv_I6VSfXSaJDHsS6YZhQAA2P5bhe5sLrK_YgoK5GBLkUoHnCbKpd-40QBcrwM54kXg4rgYt8Vs6DRei41HMjulDBltZozmI/s1600/2013+May+19+0519_119DSC_4367.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="554" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT516-vZS57kG8dAgzj8WIWuvOo5KUUlDJXQESQm8vsEJAv_I6VSfXSaJDHsS6YZhQAA2P5bhe5sLrK_YgoK5GBLkUoHnCbKpd-40QBcrwM54kXg4rgYt8Vs6DRei41HMjulDBltZozmI/s1600/2013+May+19+0519_119DSC_4367.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Layers seen along theSeine</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Taken from the Pont Saint-Michel you can see layers from the buildings along the quai, the bouquinistes, the level under the street, the banks of the Seine, and finally the Seine herself.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">How have I not noticed the walkway under the street level on this south side of the river?  What are those open spaces in the stone wall, and what lies beyond?  I am thinking of Jean-Valjean and M. Hugo.</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-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;">Quai Saint-Michel et Pont Saint-Michel</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><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><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Quai Saint-Michel - "layers"

Layers seen along theSeine Taken from the Pont Saint-Michel you can see layers from the buildings along the quai, the bouquinistes, the leve...

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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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