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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Église Saint-Paul-Saint-Louis

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2ulFOyMnIK-P2ol89lDTMgZ7yv-RYs9Es21aMFfQCPeYKkwvn1nKWoArBqpAX3xJLj8fxuoOaoHa2EB-Orjn4UxdnTN61badMGk3fDsb6GOQ-lVYoAFdBe4kIcVLkayMYjNjGcfx1r0I/s1600/2013+Nov22+Paris+_20131122+513+DSC_3187.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="740" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2ulFOyMnIK-P2ol89lDTMgZ7yv-RYs9Es21aMFfQCPeYKkwvn1nKWoArBqpAX3xJLj8fxuoOaoHa2EB-Orjn4UxdnTN61badMGk3fDsb6GOQ-lVYoAFdBe4kIcVLkayMYjNjGcfx1r0I/s1600/2013+Nov22+Paris+_20131122+513+DSC_3187.jpg" width="475" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Église Saint-Paul-Saint-Louis</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">If you have not been to Paris recently </div><div style="text-align: center;">you might not recognize the magnificent Saint-Paul-Saint-Louis.  </div><div style="text-align: center;">After more than a year of work,</div><div style="text-align: center;"> the exterior has been brought back to a nearly new appearance.  </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 had only seen the doors in a very sombre, dark and indistinguishable color.  </div><div style="text-align: center;">As you can see, the details of the newly-painted doors are displayed in bright red, </div><div style="text-align: center;">ah yes, Paris rouge.</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-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><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">(joyeux anniversaire, Renée)</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Église Saint-Paul-Saint-Louis

Église Saint-Paul-Saint-Louis If you have not been to Paris recently  you might not recognize the magnificent Saint-Paul-Saint-Louis.   Afte...

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Église Saint-Paul Saint-Louis

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw9VUHZmSbmI35GFtt8PoK8YhcGoHj-NK6ftdojDHlNhvvfAbwzRDvkDgiOBKqULpoo2viiHYnQdL6yeYdGIG7fZC2sP7MoaiNgxs0_P7jR3I_AhzeZ0qA6QNLPMwbzccNYw7gPZ5FrFQ/s1600/2013+Nov22+Paris+_20131122+232+DSC_2906.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw9VUHZmSbmI35GFtt8PoK8YhcGoHj-NK6ftdojDHlNhvvfAbwzRDvkDgiOBKqULpoo2viiHYnQdL6yeYdGIG7fZC2sP7MoaiNgxs0_P7jR3I_AhzeZ0qA6QNLPMwbzccNYw7gPZ5FrFQ/s1600/2013+Nov22+Paris+_20131122+232+DSC_2906.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 Paul Saint Louis</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The renovations in this 400 year old church have brought light and freshness to the interior.  </div><div style="text-align: center;">The lacquered red door is a new focal point on Rue Saint Antoine </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-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>

Église Saint-Paul Saint-Louis

Église Saint Paul Saint Louis The renovations in this 400 year old church have brought light and freshness to the interior.   The lacquered ...

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Église Saint-Paul Saint-Louis - la porte rouge

<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/11377714744/" title="2013 Nov22 Paris _20131122 260 DSC_2934 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2013 Nov22 Paris _20131122 260 DSC_2934" height="800" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3804/11377714744_db0bc08574_c.jpg" width="530" /></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;">The red door</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 renovations at this nearly 400-year-old church </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">have made a remarkable difference in its presence on Rue Saint Antoine.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The former door was a deep gray-maroon </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and lost in the dark pollution-stained surrounding structure. </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 interior has likewise been restored and repaired.</span></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: 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;">Église Saint-Paul Saint-Louis </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;">7, passage Saint-Paul</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;">(seen here at 99, rue Saint Antoine)</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75004, Paris</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Église Saint-Paul Saint-Louis - la porte rouge

The red door The renovations at this nearly 400-year-old church  have made a remarkable difference in its presence on Rue Saint Antoine.   T...

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Église Saint Paul Saint Louis

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGV3ls9HubemmuZBzCT-LcQrCRmkveAsrKMxh-Y7A9uAJqoUkIkZLgrUM9YkAdpoZXbuNvpksCRamngWAJxwyeJ4lu64i01kauaJkIvDIg_yQVaxOL0OkO2GdVO46jSuCZrQ2iMLLK7SI/s1600/2009+dec+Paris+00544blog.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530273359290594338" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGV3ls9HubemmuZBzCT-LcQrCRmkveAsrKMxh-Y7A9uAJqoUkIkZLgrUM9YkAdpoZXbuNvpksCRamngWAJxwyeJ4lu64i01kauaJkIvDIg_yQVaxOL0OkO2GdVO46jSuCZrQ2iMLLK7SI/s640/2009+dec+Paris+00544blog.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><div><span style="font-size:130%;">A photo taken from Rue des Jardin Saint-Paul shows a different side of </span><a href="http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89glise_Saint-Paul-Saint-Louis"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;"><strong>Église Saint Paul Saint Louis </strong></span></a><span style="font-size:130%;">previously shown </span><a href="http://parisandbeyond-genie.blogspot.com/2010/08/eglise-saint-paul-saint-louis.html"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;">here</span></a><span style="font-size:130%;"> and </span><a href="http://parisandbeyond-genie.blogspot.com/2010/08/eglise-saint-paul-saint-louis-organ.html"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;"><strong>here</strong></span></a><span style="font-size:130%;">.<br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">Bon dimanche</span></div>

Église Saint Paul Saint Louis

A photo taken from Rue des Jardin Saint-Paul shows a different side of Église Saint Paul Saint Louis previously shown here and here . Bon d...

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Église Saint Paul Saint Louis -- Confessional

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilFebnrzTGeJl7CAJiSXH6KmJQ008EmzeC-YL3RR4Hm0DLYxuJG9_L4kIoiaC1quJQcsJ5tTruEyuNMAT_MTSSt2-86TPo30sSWDpOA8LNKHd0d8Q8MOdlVmvrCtJVfGBPwzbiJ78JFCo/s1600/DSC_0692p.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507562877090850530" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilFebnrzTGeJl7CAJiSXH6KmJQ008EmzeC-YL3RR4Hm0DLYxuJG9_L4kIoiaC1quJQcsJ5tTruEyuNMAT_MTSSt2-86TPo30sSWDpOA8LNKHd0d8Q8MOdlVmvrCtJVfGBPwzbiJ78JFCo/s640/DSC_0692p.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><div>The sun shining radiantly through the church windows highlights the confessional in Saint Paul Saint Louis in the Marais. I previously showed you the organ pipes in this 17th century church <a href="http://parisandbeyond-genie.blogspot.com/2010/08/eglise-saint-paul-saint-louis-organ.html"><span style="color:#000000;"><strong>here</strong></span></a>.</div><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div align="center">Église Saint Paul Saint Louis</div><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-size:78%;">99 Rue St-Antoine<br />75004 Ils-de-France<br />Paris, France</span></div><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div></div>

Église Saint Paul Saint Louis -- Confessional

The sun shining radiantly through the church windows highlights the confessional in Saint Paul Saint Louis in the Marais. I previously showe...

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Église Saint Paul Saint Louis -- organ pipes

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuPgdNRkD3J8AqCTkuJmcUBTiPMBcCMJLv9CwhLZ0um1vseZT90_cvQ3Z4q8Sedf87XrdP8LuHDqRzuyJ0WZ6ALR86nm-OtIOOzj6LQ6b8yWkgHrIPr2bljrpoK9BbS42i9aGYl_YuoOE/s1600/DSC_0695lighter.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502021053160559282" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuPgdNRkD3J8AqCTkuJmcUBTiPMBcCMJLv9CwhLZ0um1vseZT90_cvQ3Z4q8Sedf87XrdP8LuHDqRzuyJ0WZ6ALR86nm-OtIOOzj6LQ6b8yWkgHrIPr2bljrpoK9BbS42i9aGYl_YuoOE/s640/DSC_0695lighter.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><div>This 17th century church in the Marais has a beautiful interior with a dome that rises 180 feet (55 m.) above the crossings. If you visit be sure to note the Delacroix painting and the interior of the dome which is sky blue.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>I love church organs and the creative woodwork in which the pipes are housed. You can almost hear the music.....<br /></div><br /><div align="center">Église Saint Paul Saint Louis</div><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-size:78%;">99 Rue St-Antoine<br />75004 Ils-de-France<br />Paris, France</span></div>

Église Saint Paul Saint Louis -- organ pipes

This 17th century church in the Marais has a beautiful interior with a dome that rises 180 feet (55 m.) above the crossings. If you visit be...

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