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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Église Saint-Agnan de Chartres

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJaf52MujD-LWL9vr6DsESL6b8MD1jwzv_xL2LD4sJz6p0TfKfacz9AAsW_PzUdBwfKGp2CdP-KHF50KjuRreZbqeajZ4i6ddd6EPx6TxgorVeXt9D0fhKGgSP55U9PytiSw6b_k2XeyE/s1600/2011+April+15+DSC_0300.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJaf52MujD-LWL9vr6DsESL6b8MD1jwzv_xL2LD4sJz6p0TfKfacz9AAsW_PzUdBwfKGp2CdP-KHF50KjuRreZbqeajZ4i6ddd6EPx6TxgorVeXt9D0fhKGgSP55U9PytiSw6b_k2XeyE/s1600/2011+April+15+DSC_0300.jpg" width="424" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Église Saint-Agnan de Chartres</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Chartres is a quick train ride from Paris, </div><div style="text-align: center;">and an easy day trip.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">If you are there to see the cathedral, </div><div style="text-align: center;">do not miss the other churches such as </div><div style="text-align: center;">Église Saint-Agnan de Chartres and Église Saint-Pierre.  </div><div style="text-align: center;">Each is unique and exquisite in detail.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">bon dimanche</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: 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;"><span>Église Saint-Aignan de Chartres</span></span></span></i></div><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span></span></span></span></i><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span>12, place de l'Etape au Vin</span></span></span></i></div><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span></span></span></span></i><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span>28000, Chartres</span></span></span></i></div>

Église Saint-Agnan de Chartres

Église Saint-Agnan de Chartres Chartres is a quick train ride from Paris,  and an easy day trip. If you are there to see the cathedral,  do ...

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Église Saint-Étienne du Mont - un kaléidoscope

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZlM67dXk0SHfR73a7LILKxJgCd5v1FhE0vSWGVeYcMlOpScivzBm_EABR9dq0yuAdUbsc8D4y6N1Ru0AIdCZLvL9-0MrTBtVkuuIkfl6rN6aU02n2Lv72wP9S9_nnTy6e8f3R5gqGPJU/s1600/2011+April+16+DSC_0103.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="760" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZlM67dXk0SHfR73a7LILKxJgCd5v1FhE0vSWGVeYcMlOpScivzBm_EABR9dq0yuAdUbsc8D4y6N1Ru0AIdCZLvL9-0MrTBtVkuuIkfl6rN6aU02n2Lv72wP9S9_nnTy6e8f3R5gqGPJU/s1600/2011+April+16+DSC_0103.jpg" width="524" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Église Saint-Étienne du Mont</div><div style="text-align: center;">a kaleidoscope</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The stained glass windows provide a colorful backdrop </div><div style="text-align: center;">for the ruby glass of the altar candelabra</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;">bon dimanche</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span>Église Saint Étienne du Mont</span></span></span></i></div><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span></span></i><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span>1, place Ste-Geneviève</span></span></span></i></div><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"> <span>75005, Paris</span></span></span></i>

Église Saint-Étienne du Mont - un kaléidoscope

Église Saint-Étienne du Mont a kaleidoscope The stained glass windows provide a colorful backdrop  for the ruby glass of the altar candelabr...

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Église Saint Étienne du Mont

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzE42RdqIOqHot9OQdZJdKL0B9xnJpMbrqR2l_i7R_VHYp70sI7sIC5pjK4G5aX0zouIeDSYh9oJ6Jk_sxndqzzCh0SwvcKbnKVIVDxSfMNKwGLJ0S_wfvSD0bsxR0TwWrZgwIgbFGJvY/s1600/2011+April+16+-+day+5+DSC_0089.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="780" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzE42RdqIOqHot9OQdZJdKL0B9xnJpMbrqR2l_i7R_VHYp70sI7sIC5pjK4G5aX0zouIeDSYh9oJ6Jk_sxndqzzCh0SwvcKbnKVIVDxSfMNKwGLJ0S_wfvSD0bsxR0TwWrZgwIgbFGJvY/s1600/2011+April+16+-+day+5+DSC_0089.jpg" width="520" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Église Saint Étienne du Mont</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The windows, the architecture, the history, </div><div style="text-align: center;">the art, the details, the stories...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">You could sketch, draw, paint, photograph...</div><div style="text-align: center;">listen, observe, watch, study, pray...</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">and still not absorb it all</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: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Église Saint Étienne du Mont</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;">1, place Ste-Geneviève</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;">75005, Paris</span></span></i><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://inspiredsundaymeme.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Linking to inSPIREd Sunday</span></span></i></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="http://inspiredsundaymeme.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">See the others here </a></span></span></i></div></div>

Église Saint Étienne du Mont

Église Saint Étienne du Mont The windows, the architecture, the history,  the art, the details, the stories... You could sketch, draw, paint...

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Chapelle Notre Dame des Anges

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNcQORGCqXyVPrC_DPNhWQz7QIMrxaksZmW-ue3GQCe0IO_pj9NN-vIQ-NmOkZaQjgqz7qK2UmkKPCjOKmCFdvJK3RaUgL17KizWwMExjB_hygJ-D_sOJ5tnHPTtGlklxTth41pdqf8Gw/s1600/2012+Oct+8+Monday_164DSC_9276.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="460" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNcQORGCqXyVPrC_DPNhWQz7QIMrxaksZmW-ue3GQCe0IO_pj9NN-vIQ-NmOkZaQjgqz7qK2UmkKPCjOKmCFdvJK3RaUgL17KizWwMExjB_hygJ-D_sOJ5tnHPTtGlklxTth41pdqf8Gw/s640/2012+Oct+8+Monday_164DSC_9276.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;">Chapelle Notre Dame des Anges</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 glorious window is hidden in a small church on Rue de Vaugirard.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The plain front and nondescript entrance belie the rich interior.</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;">So often it is the case.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">There are so many churches in Paris... explore</span></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 dimanche</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;"><br /></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;"><br /></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;"><br /></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Chapelle Notre Dame des Anges</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">102, rue de Vaugirard</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75006, Paris</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Chapelle Notre Dame des Anges

Chapelle Notre Dame des Anges This glorious window is hidden in a small church on Rue de Vaugirard.   The plain front and nondescript entran...

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Église St. Gervais et St. Protais - III

<div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/8324639742/" title="2012 Jan 17 3rd_0384 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2012 Jan 17 3rd_0384" height="800" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8215/8324639742_a6a77f44b4_c.jpg" width="530" /> </a><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Église Saint-Gervais Saint-Protais </span><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Looking into the Lady Chapel (Chapelle de la Vierge) </span><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">the diffused light from the stained glass windows will take your breath away. </span><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">bon dimanche</span></i><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Église St. Gervais et St. Protais</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>13, rue des Barres </em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Place Saint Gervais</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75004 Paris</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em> </em></span></div></div><br /><br />

Église St. Gervais et St. Protais - III

  Église Saint-Gervais Saint-Protais Looking into the Lady Chapel (Chapelle de la Vierge)  the diffused light from the stained glass windows...

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Église Saint-Germain l'Auxerrois

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKQuFXbFQz4yrWZKS3lhQaMzNM-ZoNXixnlNIIih-Kgd6rUdqUaNVgmOlctzsCvGfUaAMYx4XeMk7nmdsRK29IzMyV9QcoQbA3n14XTreF6vA__kOAflXn89Y40JVrEb6y3yIdy4SBd9Y/s1600/2012+jan+16++2nd_0800.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKQuFXbFQz4yrWZKS3lhQaMzNM-ZoNXixnlNIIih-Kgd6rUdqUaNVgmOlctzsCvGfUaAMYx4XeMk7nmdsRK29IzMyV9QcoQbA3n14XTreF6vA__kOAflXn89Y40JVrEb6y3yIdy4SBd9Y/s640/2012+jan+16++2nd_0800.jpg" uda="true" width="432" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The tall columns topped with garlands </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">give way to the brilliantly-colored windows.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">bon dimanche </span></div><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Église Saint-Germain l'Auxerrois</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>2, place du Louvre</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75001 Paris</em></span>

Église Saint-Germain l'Auxerrois

The tall columns topped with garlands give way to the brilliantly-colored windows. bon dimanche  Église Saint-Germain l'Auxerrois 2, pla...

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