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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