Église Saint-Vincent-de-Paul - V

<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/8501511975/" title="2012 Oct 9 Tuesday_249DSC_9583 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2012 Oct 9 Tuesday_249DSC_9583" height="800" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8508/8501511975_5d8d4b7b2a_c.jpg" width="530" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Église Saint-Vincent-de-Paul</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;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">This long nave aisle on the Gospel side of the church </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">has a bright polish on the marble floors. </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;">One walks softly as all sounds are amplified.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I can hear the clicking of heels still.</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;"><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;"></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;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>Église Saint-Vincent-de-Paul de Paris</i></span></div><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>Place Franz-Liszt</i></span></div><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>75010, Paris</i></span></div><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>Métro Poissonnière</i></span></div>

Église Saint-Vincent-de-Paul - V

Église Saint-Vincent-de-Paul This long nave aisle on the Gospel side of the church  has a bright polish on the marble floors.  One walks sof...

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Bottes rouges

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs2y1ZSFWpg8vvBLbBZqu1uCAYN2ae_HSfwgKLNZTltwL2ZqXwyQoObpN6cpJtC9mmn18XtUfMr5g9QnJJltKbD8-kNj3U3bMEYLTUksR-dKD314oMxzldIlMfWR53_9bVCwrTWf0Mypo/s1600/2012+Oct+9+Tuesday_87DSC_9419.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs2y1ZSFWpg8vvBLbBZqu1uCAYN2ae_HSfwgKLNZTltwL2ZqXwyQoObpN6cpJtC9mmn18XtUfMr5g9QnJJltKbD8-kNj3U3bMEYLTUksR-dKD314oMxzldIlMfWR53_9bVCwrTWf0Mypo/s640/2012+Oct+9+Tuesday_87DSC_9419.jpg" width="419" /></a></div><br /><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Red boots</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;">They were running, jumping, splashing,</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">and dancing in front of yesterday's church.</span></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">May you have that kind of week</span></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="left"> </div><div align="left"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Rue la Fayette </em></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75010, Paris</em></span></div><div align="left"> </div><div align="left"></div><div align="center"></div>

Bottes rouges

    Red boots     They were running, jumping, splashing, and dancing in front of yesterday's church.     May you have that kind of week ...

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Église Saint-Vincent-de-Paul de Paris - IV

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE6CY9ph3kHlGE59_aJRvwqHi9B9RsGM36jlbTutJX-Vp_8ftqGuZrxYwSBQqgaIwLjDSPnBS0uCORejH_rA5r5Ok5PwTzRGC0FIHDn-Q3ggWU84k-KPXqDARRJo4G57-FUj7mwMcWNDM/s1600/2012+Oct+9+Tuesday_86DSC_9418.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="566" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE6CY9ph3kHlGE59_aJRvwqHi9B9RsGM36jlbTutJX-Vp_8ftqGuZrxYwSBQqgaIwLjDSPnBS0uCORejH_rA5r5Ok5PwTzRGC0FIHDn-Q3ggWU84k-KPXqDARRJo4G57-FUj7mwMcWNDM/s640/2012+Oct+9+Tuesday_86DSC_9418.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;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Église Saint-Vincent-de-Paul 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;">Lest you think that the exterior of any church in Paris tells the whole story,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">remember well this magnificent church beyond the doors.</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;">For those who love architecture, there is much to behold.</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;"><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;"><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-Vincent-de-Paul de Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Place Franz-Liszt</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: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Métro Poissonnière</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></i></div>

Église Saint-Vincent-de-Paul de Paris - IV

Église Saint-Vincent-de-Paul de Paris Lest you think that the exterior of any church in Paris tells the whole story, remember well this magn...

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Église Saint-Vincent-de-Paul de Paris III

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8339/8237018588_9aecd8aab5_c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8339/8237018588_9aecd8aab5_c.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Église Saint-Vincent-de-Paul de Paris</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;">One could spend many hours observing the beauty of this church<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">:</span>  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The imagery, the architecture, the repeating patterns, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">the organs, the artwork...</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 wonder just how many angels and cherubs there might be.  </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: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span><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;">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;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Église Saint-Vincent-de-Paul de Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Place Franz-Liszt</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: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Métro Poissonnière</span></i></div>

Église Saint-Vincent-de-Paul de Paris III

Église Saint-Vincent-de-Paul de Paris One could spend many hours observing the beauty of this church :   The imagery, the architecture, the ...

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Église Saint-Vincent-de-Paul de Paris II

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ9eqGDRB3Q8f071PqXQgP4Dbie27fW0jjAa6G06kyOT_RT101_kPMQFOBxMYL9NZ-2fQ7lM5Qi-Fh04fwn1zu-BjrzsL6GNwHKLUJvRDPcFDRJfUaxTES6UodUm4eglpzplaWnEbniW4/s1600/2012+Oct+9+Tuesday_257DSC_9591.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ9eqGDRB3Q8f071PqXQgP4Dbie27fW0jjAa6G06kyOT_RT101_kPMQFOBxMYL9NZ-2fQ7lM5Qi-Fh04fwn1zu-BjrzsL6GNwHKLUJvRDPcFDRJfUaxTES6UodUm4eglpzplaWnEbniW4/s1600/2012+Oct+9+Tuesday_257DSC_9591.jpg" /></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-Vincent-de-Paul 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 I promised to bring you inside </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">for a glimpse of the intricate details of this magnificent church.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">On the right you can see a portion of the painted frieze around the nave </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">of 160 male and female saints advancing towards the sanctuary, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">painted by (Hippolyte Flandrin, 1848-53)</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 photo is taken from the apse behind the main altar </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and looking back toward the grand organ and the entrance of the church.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">There is more to come...</span></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: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Église Saint-Vincent-de-Paul de Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Place Franz-Liszt</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: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Métro Poissonnière</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Église Saint-Vincent-de-Paul de Paris II

Église Saint-Vincent-de-Paul de Paris Last Sunday I promised to bring you inside  for a glimpse of the intricate details of this magnificent...

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Église Saint-Vincent-de-Paul de Paris

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnySuKXYklYE7ireJMQipyJkYxC1bdaqJyfuhRnOn6-mcMuFNKp8uolxkJScvawC1n6UTANGJ-dSMuFZhIyq14Qj6R7_8s3WaUEftZUQC-bKkzJhToYCIhfufx-_f5TLDt7e-xmBrCyKk/s1600/2012+Oct+9+Tuesday_77DSC_9409.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnySuKXYklYE7ireJMQipyJkYxC1bdaqJyfuhRnOn6-mcMuFNKp8uolxkJScvawC1n6UTANGJ-dSMuFZhIyq14Qj6R7_8s3WaUEftZUQC-bKkzJhToYCIhfufx-_f5TLDt7e-xmBrCyKk/s1600/2012+Oct+9+Tuesday_77DSC_9409.jpg" /></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-Vincent-de-Paul 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;">The impressive façade of this church sits atop a hill in the 10ème arrondissement </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">with a broad entrance at Place Franz-Liszt.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Completed in 1844 by Jacques Hittorff, there are a series of ramps </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">which were originally designed to aid access by horse-drawn carriages.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Today, there are a series of gardens leading up to the front steps.</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;">Seen above the portico is a pediment sculpted by Charles-François Leboeuf-Nanteuil </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">on the glorification of Saint Vincent-de-Paul.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">He is seen surrounded by figures symbolizing his saintly actions.</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;">We arrived just as the doors were closing at noon and so we left to return later, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">just as I will bring you back here soon </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">to see the inside of this large church and the treasures it holds.</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;">bon dimanche</span></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-Vincent-de-Paul de Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Place Franz-Liszt</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: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Métro Poissonnière </span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Église Saint-Vincent-de-Paul de Paris

Église Saint-Vincent-de-Paul de Paris The impressive façade of this church sits atop a hill in the 10ème arrondissement  with a broad entran...

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