Église Saint-Germain l'Auxerrois

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwECAE6hjS3drW4td4l_JAhuIhx_DUGlQ9mbAzSqNg8okYTOKhrfEoCH5MKHy5rZcouwChQxX_8itUSoSnGf3Cc-nmScAy3rX4nzfOETGCK46TeqOLXVf1r2YAGZi3gXpvKwOT5Whyzj4/s1600/2012+Jan+16++2nd_0761.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" mda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwECAE6hjS3drW4td4l_JAhuIhx_DUGlQ9mbAzSqNg8okYTOKhrfEoCH5MKHy5rZcouwChQxX_8itUSoSnGf3Cc-nmScAy3rX4nzfOETGCK46TeqOLXVf1r2YAGZi3gXpvKwOT5Whyzj4/s640/2012+Jan+16++2nd_0761.jpg" width="424" /></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;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">What talent must one possess to carve such an intricate canopy of wood, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">indeed two canopies complete with tassels, fringe and cherubs?</span></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;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>bon dimanche</em></span></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: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Église Saint-Germain l'Auxerrois</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>2, place du Louvre</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75001, Paris</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Métro Louvre-Rivoli ou Pont Neuf</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div>

Église Saint-Germain l'Auxerrois

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Église Saint Germain l'Auxerrois - St Denis

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6hOYp5hZrL1YevDnU1b7r6_hmj-zOZGSmxgIciNdKiz1cKXEEHzd810NmurFluf2O3pCj7AbVfgengw0XUHnYBj4e3tEEnUqGrG8CW4qZCSoZfg6DRIiuWrLxo2OCWZXNSJz-56GleSw/s1600/2012+jan+16++2nd_0826.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" mea="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6hOYp5hZrL1YevDnU1b7r6_hmj-zOZGSmxgIciNdKiz1cKXEEHzd810NmurFluf2O3pCj7AbVfgengw0XUHnYBj4e3tEEnUqGrG8CW4qZCSoZfg6DRIiuWrLxo2OCWZXNSJz-56GleSw/s640/2012+jan+16++2nd_0826.jpg" width="424" /></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 statue of Saint-Denis holding his head can be seen all over Paris, here at Saint Germain l'Auxerrois church and nearby at Notre Dame for two.</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;">In the third century he was Bishop of Paris and martyred in connection with the persecution of Christians shortly after 250 A.D.  After his head was chopped off in the area now known at Montmartre, he is said to have picked it up and walked six miles (10km) preaching as he walked.  The site where he stopped preaching and actually died was marked by a small shrine that developed into Basilique Saint-Denis which I featured last Sunday.</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;">There are many versions of the story and the statues depicting Saint-Denis are unique in their artistic interpretation of his halo, and whether or not he made it the whole way with his head or just some part of it.</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;">When you are in Paris, look for Saint-Denis.  He is easy to spot.</span></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: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>bon dimanche </em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Église Saint Germain l'Auxerrois </em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>2, place du Louvre</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75001 Paris</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div>

Église Saint Germain l'Auxerrois - St Denis

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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/AVvXsEiKvsnes2DCEHmUufZVOOIVNqqJgFvCFuhRhAgmT55bqNWZXSkrOldbOwLnE9LR9qC3Y2gl35C9tdUCBhmplpgRwd6GR_OofCRoRUUXzv4DAY_rD5tlY8MGnrevqSgqX5zMqddJOJZnPtY/s1600/2012+jan+16++2nd_0772.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img aea="true" border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKvsnes2DCEHmUufZVOOIVNqqJgFvCFuhRhAgmT55bqNWZXSkrOldbOwLnE9LR9qC3Y2gl35C9tdUCBhmplpgRwd6GR_OofCRoRUUXzv4DAY_rD5tlY8MGnrevqSgqX5zMqddJOJZnPtY/s640/2012+jan+16++2nd_0772.jpg" width="424" /></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;">Perfectly sculpted, the three cherubs reach to the heavens</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>bon dimanche</em></span><div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Église Saint-Germain l'Auxerrois</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><em><span style="font-family: Times;">2, place du Louvre</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75001, Paris</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>

Église Saint-Germain l'Auxerrois

Perfectly sculpted, the three cherubs reach to the heavens bon dimanche Église Saint-Germain l'Auxerrois 2, place du Louvre 75001, Paris...

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Église Saint-Germain l'Auxerrois

<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM9MlWwiXyOtus39UdkT0NLWTFpSJf9l1N2mPp0k50gzKe4REkRwBpgndXyqGiNE6-8WF5iFmiTyRTnT6vanhyphenhyphenm_AzHUrczr3qe6eymC2bDlm6S3npRJ_Y08LV84MtULmhNKdT0n_0YR8/s1600/2006+dec+paris+DSC_0274+blog.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5541834302499529730" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM9MlWwiXyOtus39UdkT0NLWTFpSJf9l1N2mPp0k50gzKe4REkRwBpgndXyqGiNE6-8WF5iFmiTyRTnT6vanhyphenhyphenm_AzHUrczr3qe6eymC2bDlm6S3npRJ_Y08LV84MtULmhNKdT0n_0YR8/s640/2006+dec+paris+DSC_0274+blog.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">When the Louvre was still a royal palace (Palais du Louvre), Église Saint-Germain l'Auxerrois was its church, the former parish of the kings of France. The unusual bell tower seen here was constructed in the 12th century and is the only remaining element of that early church. It was transformed in the 19th century to its current Gothic style. The stained glass windows from the Renaissance period are magnificent and the impressive organ was originally ordered by Louis XVI for Sainte-Chapelle.</span></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br />Bon dimanche</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Église Saint-Germain l'Auxerrois<br />2, place du Louvre </span></div>

Église Saint-Germain l'Auxerrois

When the Louvre was still a royal palace (Palais du Louvre), Église Saint-Germain l'Auxerrois was its church, the former parish of the k...

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