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Église Saint-Roch

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE421RIGjgucbxSijfZB6k503CCs7Jk3ZLiP2v9nwYASrXE2PF_HLkInd1sffcfN3cmhHnQlUHoVbCDU5hzizxm-6eLPWbMVDqHukucAvHowNOCJ1x18FeraSarQzZHj87Ckp5pqsk41E/s1600/2012+Oct+9+Tuesday_1DSC_9333.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE421RIGjgucbxSijfZB6k503CCs7Jk3ZLiP2v9nwYASrXE2PF_HLkInd1sffcfN3cmhHnQlUHoVbCDU5hzizxm-6eLPWbMVDqHukucAvHowNOCJ1x18FeraSarQzZHj87Ckp5pqsk41E/s640/2012+Oct+9+Tuesday_1DSC_9333.jpg" width="400" /></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: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Église Saint Roch</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This late Baroque church is filled with art,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">stunning architecture, a storied past, and</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">three magnificent organs.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Marquis de Sade was married (!) here in 1763,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">and Yves Saint Laurent's funeral brought over 1,000 people</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> to this church in 2008.  </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: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">My friend Peter Olsen (Peter's Paris blog) provided </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">many interesting photos and facts which you can find <a href="http://www.peter-pho2.com/2011/01/church-of-saint-roch.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">bon dimanche</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Église Saint Roch</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">298, rue Saint Honoré</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">75001, Paris</span></i></div>

Église Saint-Roch

Église Saint Roch This late Baroque church is filled with art, stunning architecture, a storied past, and three magnificent organs. The Marq...

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Église Saint-Antoine-des-Quinze-Vingts

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibRqw5Vs0SlA_CwwrXpgS9jwQnVPgZLHftnlRyVAN8z9PB6v6EDzv6OPqbnG2jPhiW_WY5uNOLYdZL2hcpJadDm0P14ebmUbUNV9gvDJU2i0aPvDt1aorOiWNysZNGrC3aD-qK4yC_W0Y/s1600/2014+Sept+19+Fri+++++_20140919+081+DSC_9192.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibRqw5Vs0SlA_CwwrXpgS9jwQnVPgZLHftnlRyVAN8z9PB6v6EDzv6OPqbnG2jPhiW_WY5uNOLYdZL2hcpJadDm0P14ebmUbUNV9gvDJU2i0aPvDt1aorOiWNysZNGrC3aD-qK4yC_W0Y/s640/2014+Sept+19+Fri+++++_20140919+081+DSC_9192.jpg" width="414" /></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;">Église Saint-Antoine-des-Quinze-Vingts</span></div><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">the primary organ</span></div><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">This great organ comes from the instrument built </span></div><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">by the renown Aristide Cavaille-Coll in 1894 for the mansion of Baron Espée.  </span></div><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">It was moved from the Baron's residence on </span></div><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Avenue Bois de Boulogne to Saint-Antoine in 1909. </span></div><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">You can <a href="http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&hl=en&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dsaint-antoine-des-quinze-vingts%2Bin%2Bparis%2Borgue%26biw%3D1287%26bih%3D915&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=fr&u=http://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DUZ34tvwLcQM&usg=ALkJrhhALjcPfkiPZFo34hSxpcz6QitFIg" target="_blank">click here to listen to a short piece</a> on this organ.</span></div><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Like many churches, there is a second organ, </span></div><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">a practice organ for the choir, which I will show you another time.</span></div><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><i>bon dimanche</i></span></div><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><i>Église Saint-Antoine-des Quinze-Vingts</i></span></div><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><i>57, rue Traversière</i></span></div><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><i>75012, Paris</i></span></div>

Église Saint-Antoine-des-Quinze-Vingts

Église Saint-Antoine-des-Quinze-Vingts the primary organ This great organ comes from the instrument built by the renown Aristide Cavaille-C...

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Église Saint-Roch

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSHRF63W_jP6wUygZg7whDRi-m_kmQ2wiLVjOXf-xTAClWD2tpuvr4CP05Ko3uijAxc3lFHqM035H3TrxQPc8iRanzCNSnk6YomNkHbkEF7UWywFbQfnEGiiHu7W2OY5A2itnRLE6XJTY/s1600/2012+Mar25-26+P_085DSC_4017.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSHRF63W_jP6wUygZg7whDRi-m_kmQ2wiLVjOXf-xTAClWD2tpuvr4CP05Ko3uijAxc3lFHqM035H3TrxQPc8iRanzCNSnk6YomNkHbkEF7UWywFbQfnEGiiHu7W2OY5A2itnRLE6XJTY/s640/2012+Mar25-26+P_085DSC_4017.jpg" width="422" /></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: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The candles in this side chapel </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">of Église Saint Roch</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">may not capture your attention</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">but I wonder about the image</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">of a young woman crying that appears </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">in the upper right corner.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">a ghost or my imagination?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">bon dimanche</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Église Saint Roch</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">296, rue Saint Honoré</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">75001, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Église Saint-Roch

The candles in this side chapel of Église Saint Roch may not capture your attention but I wonder about the image of a young woman crying th...

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Sacré Coeur et Sainte-Trinité

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizq7ov95ZoLbV_GmRGiQpNZGCjQWp33ORLq0r5jtDRy269wXl616Ib11p5rgBQFsZ9sD9stsXBXR23S6mrHucwjOdC7fd2hHnyZpqcD_38irmB0Bb2FxDvpulZUGzff_U87fg6jVSbNl8/s1600/2012+Oct+6+Saturday_45DSC_8639.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="740" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizq7ov95ZoLbV_GmRGiQpNZGCjQWp33ORLq0r5jtDRy269wXl616Ib11p5rgBQFsZ9sD9stsXBXR23S6mrHucwjOdC7fd2hHnyZpqcD_38irmB0Bb2FxDvpulZUGzff_U87fg6jVSbNl8/s640/2012+Oct+6+Saturday_45DSC_8639.jpg" width="482" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Paris skyline</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">From the rooftop of Printemps, looking north/northeast,</div><div style="text-align: center;">one can see a soft palette of colors </div><div style="text-align: center;">in the outline of Sacré Coeur</div><div style="text-align: center;">and Sainte-Trinité</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">(The tower to the left of Sacré Coeur </div><div style="text-align: center;">is the basilica's bell tower)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>bon dimanche</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>Paris skyline from Printemps</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>75009, Paris</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i> </i></div>

Sacré Coeur et Sainte-Trinité

Paris skyline From the rooftop of Printemps, looking north/northeast, one can see a soft palette of colors in the outline of Sacré Coeur an...

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Quatre Églises, la Tour Eiffel, et le Grand Palais

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKOGfV2vdPMXz2wxVGQ2hsRFpMJ5ctvGb1pJs1Qt1gMpy66_LMKBHjNrb0fQylihRNKuRbwg_HWpxuqK8RuzC-B-2oGOwKQZSEIApb9UtpYgillL2w4uO34p550rNUnY-1w8sRWqw2dV8/s1600/2012+Oct+6+Saturday_34DSC_8628.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="636" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKOGfV2vdPMXz2wxVGQ2hsRFpMJ5ctvGb1pJs1Qt1gMpy66_LMKBHjNrb0fQylihRNKuRbwg_HWpxuqK8RuzC-B-2oGOwKQZSEIApb9UtpYgillL2w4uO34p550rNUnY-1w8sRWqw2dV8/s640/2012+Oct+6+Saturday_34DSC_8628.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Four churches plus the Grand Palais and Eiffel Tower</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Looking at the skyline from left to right from the Printemps rooftop: </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: center;"><u>Notre Dame de l'Assomption </u>built in 1676, </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">The double spires of <u>Basilique Sainte Clothilde</u>, </div><div style="text-align: center;">built in the neo-Gothic style mid nineteenth century</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><u>Église Saint-Louis des Invalides</u>,</div><div style="text-align: center;">commissioned by King Louis XIV in 1670</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><u>Église Saint Madeleine,</u></div><div style="text-align: center;">with its 52 Corinthian columns,</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The <u>Grand Palais</u>,</div><div style="text-align: center;">built for the Universal Exposition of 1900</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The<u> Eiffel Tower</u> (1889)</div><div style="text-align: center;">which at 324m. (1,063ft), was the tallest</div><div style="text-align: center;">man-made structure in the world, a title it held</div><div style="text-align: center;">for 41 years!</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;">Paris Skyline from Printemps</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75009, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Quatre Églises, la Tour Eiffel, et le Grand Palais

Four churches plus the Grand Palais and Eiffel Tower Looking at the skyline from left to right from the Printemps rooftop: Notre Dame de l...

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Eglise Saint-Paul Saint-Louis

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsMyYfwkDOGG912zXq1V6FPyEjLaInVNDNSqeaMgy8piEgoN7jFmAmHoTfNvzm4eI_WhAbTgAsLdTTTgrr8V4KLTYW3UU76G808lYKHYI29_Kopwl28p9edL5fCdUXTgrqAQ-S8VJUECM/s1600/DSC_0692p.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsMyYfwkDOGG912zXq1V6FPyEjLaInVNDNSqeaMgy8piEgoN7jFmAmHoTfNvzm4eI_WhAbTgAsLdTTTgrr8V4KLTYW3UU76G808lYKHYI29_Kopwl28p9edL5fCdUXTgrqAQ-S8VJUECM/s640/DSC_0692p.jpg" width="424" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Eglise Saint-Paul Saint-Louis</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Tucked in a corner of this beautiful and storied church sits this</div><div style="text-align: center;">confessional, obscured in semi-darkness.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The rays of light entering a church window illuminate</div><div style="text-align: center;">the corner confessional, revealing a warm patina.</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;">Eglise Saint-Paul Saint-Louis</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">99, rue Saint-Antoine</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;"><br /></div>

Eglise Saint-Paul Saint-Louis

Eglise Saint-Paul Saint-Louis Tucked in a corner of this beautiful and storied church sits this confessional, obscured in semi-darkness. The...

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Basilique du Sacré Coeur

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhALHDBDGl6nz6YNO-rqAd7294jJ26G7kKU1KRV-I2nuD59DEZwaCSAF3NfCd5WoXWDsQnQWfwKcImVuUQZKPJNHvmbNKEPy14fNVDPNXPt1efhtYZT0Yo-Q5F8sgUdZG1zbhcEyjN9VAg/s1600/2014+Sept+16+Tues++++_20140916+165+DSC_7677.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="780" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhALHDBDGl6nz6YNO-rqAd7294jJ26G7kKU1KRV-I2nuD59DEZwaCSAF3NfCd5WoXWDsQnQWfwKcImVuUQZKPJNHvmbNKEPy14fNVDPNXPt1efhtYZT0Yo-Q5F8sgUdZG1zbhcEyjN9VAg/s640/2014+Sept+16+Tues++++_20140916+165+DSC_7677.jpg" width="542" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Today is<i> le solstice d'été</i> and </div><div style="text-align: center;">la Fête de la Musique</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I wonder what the music program holds</div><div style="text-align: center;">for Sacré Coeur today.  It will surely be magnificent!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">bon Fête des Pères, Papa.</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Tu me manques</span></i></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;"><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;">Basilique du Sacré Coeur</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">from Rue Norvins</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75018, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Basilique du Sacré Coeur

Today is le solstice d'été and la Fête de la Musique I wonder what the music program holds for Sacré Coeur today. It will surely be ...

8:01 PM

Sainte-Chapelle

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtL6ewS7uLOB9P46kI2lZX6u4rphn4SxYLwSvU9_-ai_ivz3mtpMYZRzIDYwXhuhOqjIKG6RFnsgAWsPRZZjp4JMG3KYUsiqzbW9R3m4yG9sNz_j8KFTNhZZtTXDef1e_D3pff8NZZg_Y/s1600/2012+Mar+28+Paris_028DSC_4383.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtL6ewS7uLOB9P46kI2lZX6u4rphn4SxYLwSvU9_-ai_ivz3mtpMYZRzIDYwXhuhOqjIKG6RFnsgAWsPRZZjp4JMG3KYUsiqzbW9R3m4yG9sNz_j8KFTNhZZtTXDef1e_D3pff8NZZg_Y/s640/2012+Mar+28+Paris_028DSC_4383.jpg" width="424" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Sainte-Chapelle</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This lower chapel with its </div><div style="text-align: center;">medieval Gothic 13th century architecture</div><div style="text-align: center;">is as awe-inspiring as the elegant</div><div style="text-align: center;">chapel above</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">How many arches can you count</div><div style="text-align: center;">in this intersection of color and design?</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>Sainte-Chapelle</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>75001, Paris</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i> </i></div>

Sainte-Chapelle

Sainte-Chapelle This lower chapel with its medieval Gothic 13th century architecture is as awe-inspiring as the elegant chapel above How ma...

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Église Saint Pierre de Montmartre

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih3Piugue1VC8SGh4wazfYZeOBk_wL3ist-zOTLPGVmye1U2MvsbbOpZZY4AAhVTrAOgbBhrJkC-9i5TSh78S22SRshonQshJYYVdYdYDWXWbyYf2H5XhVaryEd7jFiX3UzzOK-FU4nWA/s1600/2014+Sept+16+Tues++++_20140916+186+DSC_7698.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="740" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih3Piugue1VC8SGh4wazfYZeOBk_wL3ist-zOTLPGVmye1U2MvsbbOpZZY4AAhVTrAOgbBhrJkC-9i5TSh78S22SRshonQshJYYVdYdYDWXWbyYf2H5XhVaryEd7jFiX3UzzOK-FU4nWA/s640/2014+Sept+16+Tues++++_20140916+186+DSC_7698.jpg" width="492" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Saint Pierre de Montmartre</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Built on the site of a Roman temple and a 7th century Merovingian church, </div><div style="text-align: center;">Saint Pierre de Montmartre was consecrated in 1147</div><div style="text-align: center;"> and is one of the oldest churches in Paris.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">When all of Montmartre is crowded,</div><div style="text-align: center;"> Saint Pierre offers a quiet and cool respite</div><div style="text-align: center;">with shadows and architectural details to discover.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>bon dimanche</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Église Saint Pierre de Montmartre</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">2, rue du Mont Cenis</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75018, Paris</span></i></div>   </div><div style="text-align: center;"></div>

Église Saint Pierre de Montmartre

Saint Pierre de Montmartre Built on the site of a Roman temple and a 7th century Merovingian church, Saint Pierre de Montmartre was consecr...

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Église Saint-Germain des Prés

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP_sfoFnm-3gXX5VTp7f_hRWsZ137FKI7A64tHceT62qlfYYgq_vx9g5c-VluLqfOYWXQZiq1ydlAY6W_psr5k5c2yV152xszV2c3SlZLVng4HrxXKlSkNF-eRGru_RNbGAU4KFUriyhU/s1600/IMG_7087.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="496" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP_sfoFnm-3gXX5VTp7f_hRWsZ137FKI7A64tHceT62qlfYYgq_vx9g5c-VluLqfOYWXQZiq1ydlAY6W_psr5k5c2yV152xszV2c3SlZLVng4HrxXKlSkNF-eRGru_RNbGAU4KFUriyhU/s640/IMG_7087.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-Germain des Prés</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">One of the oldest churches in Paris,</div><div style="text-align: center;"> and it has its own Métro stop.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I have featured this church many times before with historical details, </div><div style="text-align: center;">but you might like to know that this is a Val d'Osne signpost (totem) </div><div style="text-align: center;">and it was created in the 1920s with its luminous opaline globe to better</div><div style="text-align: center;">light the Métro entrances.  There are a few that remain. </div><div style="text-align: center;"> How many have you seen?</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-Germain des Prés</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">3, place Saint-Germain des Prés</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75006, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Église Saint-Germain des Prés

Église Saint-Germain des Prés One of the oldest churches in Paris, and it has its own Métro stop. I have featured this church many times be...

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Cathédral Saint-Alexandre-Nevsky

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMLqlBxJbEH1gVTU060SwRFGISSWUP00jcriY0AtRTDVtTbTX-mNZ5mu4qBp-zQy7iC0LoDMOFk87BUEIi-L17okg4_Ga_APzrI-yjpOJai2V8ij3jMO2e9WpSk5zsYZoCSdrZYYDIPSM/s1600/2011+nov+day+6+DSC_0172.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMLqlBxJbEH1gVTU060SwRFGISSWUP00jcriY0AtRTDVtTbTX-mNZ5mu4qBp-zQy7iC0LoDMOFk87BUEIi-L17okg4_Ga_APzrI-yjpOJai2V8ij3jMO2e9WpSk5zsYZoCSdrZYYDIPSM/s640/2011+nov+day+6+DSC_0172.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Saint Alexandre Nevsky Cathedral</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This Russian Orthodox cathedral, built in 1861, was</div><div style="text-align: center;">the first Russian Orthodox place of worship in France.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This shot was captured in reflection</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;"></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><em><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Cathédral Saint-Alexandre-Nevsky </span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><em><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">12, rue  Daru</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><em><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">75008  Paris</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><em><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Métro Ternes ou Métro  Courcelles</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><em><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></em></div>

Cathédral Saint-Alexandre-Nevsky

Saint Alexandre Nevsky Cathedral This Russian Orthodox cathedral, built in 1861, was the first Russian Orthodox place of worship in France. ...

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Basilique du Sacré Coeur

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4Pm-lUydJT2RE_pD9fndRhG14YquHDCVNoiJiAXw9zFzMqXiq40wq3B-OJQ_FLbgZrHyCSABDR3slUv2hM26F3wvejPlTEQQGaY-KhX9HHn727z2pAiCI8plwaDuq43VnihyP0Gxk56o/s1600/2011+April+day+5+DSC_0378.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="544" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4Pm-lUydJT2RE_pD9fndRhG14YquHDCVNoiJiAXw9zFzMqXiq40wq3B-OJQ_FLbgZrHyCSABDR3slUv2hM26F3wvejPlTEQQGaY-KhX9HHn727z2pAiCI8plwaDuq43VnihyP0Gxk56o/s640/2011+April+day+5+DSC_0378.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Sacre Coeur</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">In contrast to the Gothic churches of the Middle Ages like Notre-Dame (1163-1240),</div><div style="text-align: center;"> the Romano-Byzantine style of Sacre Coeur is inspired by churches </div><div style="text-align: center;">such as Saint  Sofia in Constantinople and San Marco in Venice.  </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;">The exterior travertine stone, known as ‘Château-Landon’, </div><div style="text-align: center;">comes from the  Souppes-sur-Loing quarry in Seine et Marne </div><div style="text-align: center;">and is particular in that it  is extremely hard with a fine grain </div><div style="text-align: center;">and exudes calcite on contact with  rainwater,</div><div style="text-align: center;"> making it white. </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;">Basilique du Sacré Coeur</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75018, Paris</span></i></div>

Basilique du Sacré Coeur

Sacre Coeur In contrast to the Gothic churches of the Middle Ages like Notre-Dame (1163-1240), the Romano-Byzantine style of Sacre Coeur is...

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Église Saint-Augustin

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKMboTA-I8fAXrJuZ4N80988fgCOLtmNkRds5A_f709zpvaYnxPpixE2EORM_7YU_8dpkdhERq-zZnV3id7AIE2fkwsC0oCzvA_FEvgdYY_imlcKtM43wHLEkOVx7Xbm0Vmyi5cYJrLns/s1600/2012+Oct+6+Saturday_46DSC_8640.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKMboTA-I8fAXrJuZ4N80988fgCOLtmNkRds5A_f709zpvaYnxPpixE2EORM_7YU_8dpkdhERq-zZnV3id7AIE2fkwsC0oCzvA_FEvgdYY_imlcKtM43wHLEkOVx7Xbm0Vmyi5cYJrLns/s1600/2012+Oct+6+Saturday_46DSC_8640.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em></em></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Église Saint-Augustin</span></div><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em></em></span><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;">Amidst the rooftops and chimney pots, </div><div style="text-align: center;">the dome of Saint-Augustin pushes toward the heavens.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">With no special effects or editing, </div><div style="text-align: center;">this scene is seen just as it appeared:  </div><div style="text-align: center;">a limited color palette </div><div style="text-align: center;">and situated against the backdrop of modern Paris buildings.</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: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Église Saint-Augustin</em></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>8, avenue Cesar Caire</em></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75008, Paris</em></span></div>

Église Saint-Augustin

Église Saint-Augustin Amidst the rooftops and chimney pots, the dome of Saint-Augustin pushes toward the heavens. With no special effects...

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le jour de Pâques

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD6UkHHynp9dm5ysNpV32Me_7Dv9pbjZzR7h0J6eIsZHCjzXaGVwvivUL4lLOZ32KGQo0fMEksvfb1PkikAQ_-r2KthMPPeElB1XXHHRJYoC6BbxgM6WRRWJiAhzUkWXqYwOO7u6e1R3g/s1600/2011+April+16+DSC_0177.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD6UkHHynp9dm5ysNpV32Me_7Dv9pbjZzR7h0J6eIsZHCjzXaGVwvivUL4lLOZ32KGQo0fMEksvfb1PkikAQ_-r2KthMPPeElB1XXHHRJYoC6BbxgM6WRRWJiAhzUkWXqYwOO7u6e1R3g/s1600/2011+April+16+DSC_0177.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Easter Day</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The angelic, plaintiff expression</div><div style="text-align: center;">seemed perfect for this Day.</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;">joyeuse Pâques</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-Jean de Montmartre</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">19, rue des Abbesses</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75018, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

le jour de Pâques

Easter Day The angelic, plaintiff expression seemed perfect for this Day. joyeuse Pâques Église Saint-Jean de Montmartre 19, rue des Abbesse...

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Église de la Sainte-Trinité

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihfRnGKPNtDabiM9bfs_2Gnw8Sigeitu1oZzTHzglOxSUi-kyvtVx7F7aQktX5tGQeBbeB8esfv8MIw5ot3I7s7ja3K8cLG8LMZRFuukqIXRvIR80bLbAj6ryCCPkfahRs-Gid1IwJGeg/s1600/2011+April+13+DSC_0374.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihfRnGKPNtDabiM9bfs_2Gnw8Sigeitu1oZzTHzglOxSUi-kyvtVx7F7aQktX5tGQeBbeB8esfv8MIw5ot3I7s7ja3K8cLG8LMZRFuukqIXRvIR80bLbAj6ryCCPkfahRs-Gid1IwJGeg/s1600/2011+April+13+DSC_0374.jpg" width="424" /></a></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">Église de la Sainte-Trinité</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">"La Trinité" features architecture of the Second Empire period, </div><div align="center">and it was built between 1861 and 1867 at a cost of almost 5 million francs.</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">The exterior is impressive,</div><div align="center"> filling the Paris skyline with its 63 meter tall bell tower </div><div align="center">and topped with a dome.</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>bon dimanche</em></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em></em></span> </div><div align="center"><em><span style="font-family: Times;"></span></em> </div><div align="left"><em><span style="font-family: Times;">Église de la Sainte-Trinité</span></em></div><div align="left"><em><span style="font-family: Times;">Place d'Estienne d'Orvez</span></em></div><div align="left"><em><span style="font-family: Times;">75009, Paris</span></em></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div>

Église de la Sainte-Trinité

Église de la Sainte-Trinité "La Trinité" features architecture of the Second Empire period, and it was built between 1...

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Église Saint-Laurent

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbgFueVkqrNh-fxMOX9w2iuyoS6JSnZXpxXMjvNZJk0TAsduSwc7-SmtrzajCT-eBBvqfHn5qvmbct3tL0TfkTPdrFJ7OSDwlpmxzhyphenhyphenOugHQETfped_E2uOBknfVdC4-EIO99KZ70vIPg/s1600/2012+Oct+9+Tuesday_134DSC_9466.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbgFueVkqrNh-fxMOX9w2iuyoS6JSnZXpxXMjvNZJk0TAsduSwc7-SmtrzajCT-eBBvqfHn5qvmbct3tL0TfkTPdrFJ7OSDwlpmxzhyphenhyphenOugHQETfped_E2uOBknfVdC4-EIO99KZ70vIPg/s1600/2012+Oct+9+Tuesday_134DSC_9466.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-Laurent</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Saint-Laurent was founded in the 6th century as the chapel of an abbey.  </div><div style="text-align: center;">The present church dates to 1429 and finally completed in the 19th century.  </div><div style="text-align: center;">It was built on Paris' north-south axis, </div><div style="text-align: center;">linking Senlis and Orléans, </div><div style="text-align: center;">as laid out by the Romans in  the 1st century.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">There are always candles </div><div style="text-align: center;">in the many chapels</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: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Église Saint-Laurent</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">68, boulevard de Magenta</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75010, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Église Saint-Laurent

Église Saint-Laurent Saint-Laurent was founded in the 6th century as the chapel of an abbey. The present church dates to 1429 and finally ...

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Basilique Notre-Dame des Victoires

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMtSyYCAajn0Eb0rbJ01PtsIv1hwS2La4p3Im4_inAZwu3WIxTf3GpT_zWlQ_nrM4Bu3G0w83t0ia09hD32MXC2rk52oRDsOhNhvoCuS5apOV0d_VBOUom_43t39iZfufGpl9JAviBRaY/s1600/2012+Jan+16+2nd_0601.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMtSyYCAajn0Eb0rbJ01PtsIv1hwS2La4p3Im4_inAZwu3WIxTf3GpT_zWlQ_nrM4Bu3G0w83t0ia09hD32MXC2rk52oRDsOhNhvoCuS5apOV0d_VBOUom_43t39iZfufGpl9JAviBRaY/s1600/2012+Jan+16+2nd_0601.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Basilique Notre-Dame des Victoires</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The square in front of this basilica is often filled with children,<br />playing chase or ball games.<br /><br /><br />The church is located at the intersection of Place des Petits-Pères<br />and Rue de la Banque. Notre Dame des Victoires<br />is  the former chapel of the Augustinian fathers (Petits-Pères),<br />built in  the years 1629-1740<br /><br /><br /><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">bon dimanche</span></i><br /><br /><br /> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><i>Basilique Notre-Dame des Victoires</i></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><i>6, rue Notre Dame des Victoires</i></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><i>75002, Paris</i></span></div>

Basilique Notre-Dame des Victoires

Basilique Notre-Dame des Victoires The square in front of this basilica is often filled with children, playing chase or ball games. The chur...

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Église Saint-Nicholas du Chardonnet

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt5db8fb2HnC_bzaZWqlpps8gH-wSuhq54r6by-0M8JMUcxPJt4hGoEN0LIhrHr9zvUO3YG-bpDQkHL7o8b8n6z98lbYhDi3cEHsqYwOU5k4sMQXbqYc7SNUkFYBSlRudd5t6lOZ5I_Yo/s1600/2014+Sept+15+Mon++++_20140915+031+DSC_7075.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt5db8fb2HnC_bzaZWqlpps8gH-wSuhq54r6by-0M8JMUcxPJt4hGoEN0LIhrHr9zvUO3YG-bpDQkHL7o8b8n6z98lbYhDi3cEHsqYwOU5k4sMQXbqYc7SNUkFYBSlRudd5t6lOZ5I_Yo/s1600/2014+Sept+15+Mon++++_20140915+031+DSC_7075.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Église Saint-Nicholas du Chardonnet</div><div style="text-align: center;">"The Choir Organ"</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Did you know that most of the churches in Paris </div><div style="text-align: center;">have at least two organs?</div><div style="text-align: center;">This one was easy to spot, </div><div style="text-align: center;">but sometimes you will have to search.</div><div style="text-align: center;">If you find the choir organ, keep looking, </div><div style="text-align: center;">and you may even find a third organ.</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>Église Saint-Nicholas du Chardonnet</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">23, rue des Bernardins</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: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Église Saint-Nicholas du Chardonnet

Église Saint-Nicholas du Chardonnet "The Choir Organ" Did you know that most of the churches in Paris have at least two organs? T...

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Église Saint-Antoine-des Quinze-Vingts

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHNvSBbaBS7LuklPi4fuGZ7IPc3k6GpJN08c9hS_EEch59lrX3hMps0uXEQNrLrS6gr7U4kbgDf-1ysXu2FCABAC_1rH-vhDsnXSyHmVTf9yM2zoa5kWi3Uy_BQMF3IBqQiWGvwAH83HY/s1600/2014+Sept+19+Fri+++++_20140919+070+DSC_9181.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHNvSBbaBS7LuklPi4fuGZ7IPc3k6GpJN08c9hS_EEch59lrX3hMps0uXEQNrLrS6gr7U4kbgDf-1ysXu2FCABAC_1rH-vhDsnXSyHmVTf9yM2zoa5kWi3Uy_BQMF3IBqQiWGvwAH83HY/s1600/2014+Sept+19+Fri+++++_20140919+070+DSC_9181.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Église Saint-Antoine-des Quinze-Vingts</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Although it is not as majestic </div><div style="text-align: center;">as many of the well-known churches in Paris, </div><div style="text-align: center;">this is an active parish in the 12é </div><div style="text-align: center;">with some lovely details and a great organ </div><div style="text-align: center;">by Aristide Cavaille-Coll.</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;"> </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;">Église Saint-Antoine-des Quinze-Vingts</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">57, rue Traversière</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75012, Paris</span></i></div>

Église Saint-Antoine-des Quinze-Vingts

Église Saint-Antoine-des Quinze-Vingts Although it is not as majestic as many of the well-known churches in Paris, this is an active paris...

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Église Saint Pierre de Montmartre

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNmpoe1iRkmISp4wOYXsK6CdokfXjZux_RKNItMaeKnXYsOngrzKkRuPrNwitQj8TzrMIb8ek9sa1GEyVuHqkCdeqLX8_YXGGbYAW2bRCqe2YCb3O1TRawm1SAKy85NqheJfUxV8F37Ps/s1600/2014+Sept+16+Tues++++_20140916+228+DSC_7740.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNmpoe1iRkmISp4wOYXsK6CdokfXjZux_RKNItMaeKnXYsOngrzKkRuPrNwitQj8TzrMIb8ek9sa1GEyVuHqkCdeqLX8_YXGGbYAW2bRCqe2YCb3O1TRawm1SAKy85NqheJfUxV8F37Ps/s1600/2014+Sept+16+Tues++++_20140916+228+DSC_7740.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Église Saint Pierre de Montmartre</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Consecrated in 1147, this church is dwarfed by Sacre Coeur</div><div style="text-align: center;">and almost ignored by the tourists...</div><div style="text-align: center;">which makes it worth exploring.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">bon dimanche </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;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Église Saint Pierre de Montmartre</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">2, rue du Mont Cenis</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75018, Paris</span></i></div>

Église Saint Pierre de Montmartre

Église Saint Pierre de Montmartre Consecrated in 1147, this church is dwarfed by Sacre Coeur and almost ignored by the tourists... which mak...

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