Crèche - Église Saint Louis en l'Île

<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/11263135014/" title="2012 Paris Jan 12 1st_0384 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2012 Paris Jan 12 1st_0384" height="800" src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2871/11263135014_38796b4393_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;">Église Saint Louis en l'Île</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Nativity Scene</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;">As churches in Paris prepare for Christmas, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">the congregations express creativity and individuality </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">as seen in this Nativity scene at Église Saint Louis en l'Île.</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;"><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-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Joyeux anniversaire, Holly!</span></i></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: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Église Saint Louis en l'Île</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Rue Saint-Louis en l'Île</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Saint-Louis en l'Île</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 style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Crèche - Église Saint Louis en l'Île

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Église Saint-Louis en l'Île

<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/9379465633/" title="2012 Mar 31 Paris_286DSC_5522 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2012 Mar 31 Paris_286DSC_5522" height="800" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5343/9379465633_fcb2cc4f5c_c.jpg" width="530" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Église Saint-Louis en l'Île</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;">Almost hidden in the narrow streets of Île Saint Louis</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">stands the lacy spire of Église Saint-Louis en l'Île, the only church on the island.</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: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">It was built from 1652 to 1765 in the Baroque style, </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">designed by architect François Le Vau. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> St-Louis' interior was essentially stripped during the Revolution </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">as were so many French churches, </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">but the odd outdoor iron clock, dating from 1741, survived. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span></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: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Église Saint-Louis en l'Île</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Rue Saint-Louis en l'Île</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Saint-Louis en l'Île</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>

Église Saint-Louis en l'Île

Église Saint-Louis en l'Île Almost hidden in the narrow streets of Île Saint Louis stands the lacy spire of Église Saint-Louis en l'...

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Église Saint-Louis en l'Île - la crèche

<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/8290466186/" title="2012 Jan 12 1st_0384 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2012 Jan 12 1st_0384" height="800" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8356/8290466186_a588251c2d_c.jpg" width="530" /> </a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Je vous annonce une grande joie</em></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Église Saint-Louis en l'Île</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> This church with first construction in 1642 is an active parish with many events.  Although much of the church was dark, the nativity scene had been well-attended and flooded in light.</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;">This is the same church where Peter, David and I saw the donkey on Palm Sunday in April.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">bon dimanche</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em> </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 class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em> </em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Église Saint-Louis en l'Île</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Rue Saint-Louis en l'Île</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Saint-Louis en l'Île</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><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em></em></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">  </div>

Église Saint-Louis en l'Île - la crèche

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Église Saint-Louis en l'Île - les cierges

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6Gd0kyGSzYrqp603_YUaT7I7M-dGEUm7fjAQdlO9Hzq3nIT2N8u4lDFhFWetUcb_XXQ84UNut-AnKEnlHYudUbtbK-DKHJ94V5Npp-EqU6YMhmyn2m3LO_y8cKisCW1PbXPQ3unMMg90/s1600/2012+jan+12++1st_0381.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6Gd0kyGSzYrqp603_YUaT7I7M-dGEUm7fjAQdlO9Hzq3nIT2N8u4lDFhFWetUcb_XXQ84UNut-AnKEnlHYudUbtbK-DKHJ94V5Npp-EqU6YMhmyn2m3LO_y8cKisCW1PbXPQ3unMMg90/s640/2012+jan+12++1st_0381.jpg" width="424" yda="true" /> </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;">Église Saint-Louis en l'Île</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: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Far from the bustling crowd on this well-traversed island in the Seine</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">is Église Saint-Louis en l'Île, full of art and soft light.</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: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Construction started in 1642 at the direction of Louis XIV </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">using the plans of François Le Vau who was also designing Versailles.</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;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">bon dimanche</span></i></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-Louis en l'Île</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Rue Saint-Louis en l'Île</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Saint-Louis en l'Île</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: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">  </span></div>

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  Église Saint-Louis en l'Île Far from the bustling crowd on this well-traversed island in the Seine is Église Saint-Louis en l'Île,...

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Église Saint-Louis en l'Île

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg71x4ZKg33AVC0xqSnokUvlYoTkA2q6-_dZYGkwuJEpNx-O-DN34Cil_lHqs22t0YK7tq60sc9iLv6JOHYN00djstDIBhZnduiqS1HrkRgcas5XsKpK8eE0dOhBKVSeu0bh1V6wHssMdQ/s1600/2012+jan+12++1st_0398.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" dba="true" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg71x4ZKg33AVC0xqSnokUvlYoTkA2q6-_dZYGkwuJEpNx-O-DN34Cil_lHqs22t0YK7tq60sc9iLv6JOHYN00djstDIBhZnduiqS1HrkRgcas5XsKpK8eE0dOhBKVSeu0bh1V6wHssMdQ/s640/2012+jan+12++1st_0398.jpg" width="448" /></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;">This parish church found on the same street as Berthillion on l'Île Saint-Louis, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">on the quiet end of the street with few cars.  </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">This is the same church where we saw a donkey on Palm 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;">Construction started in 1642 at the direction of Louis XIV using the plans of François Le Vau who was also designing Versailles.  The interior is filled with art and this sculpture seems appropriate for wishing the moms a wonderful Mother's Day.</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-Louis en l'Île</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Rue Saint-Louis en l'Île</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Saint-Louis en l'Île</em></span></div><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em></em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /><em></em></span><br /><strong>   </strong>

Église Saint-Louis en l'Île

This parish church found on the same street as Berthillion on l'Île Saint-Louis, on the quiet end of the street with few cars.  This is ...

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Un âne à Paris

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYl1rTd8f8QqeuV1fGRdfjUl8Aiyg9EIVKdm0J4mPtf5IGclq3wUDErzw8Fq4O1Fr6lwOTNlmByOet5NYlNbfETZ41TJYgVMbQJujYGWBwITYeJruYymJpFHKdHUM_PxZO6P6PuvlA3cg/s1600/2012+Mar+31_5479DSC_5530.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" nda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYl1rTd8f8QqeuV1fGRdfjUl8Aiyg9EIVKdm0J4mPtf5IGclq3wUDErzw8Fq4O1Fr6lwOTNlmByOet5NYlNbfETZ41TJYgVMbQJujYGWBwITYeJruYymJpFHKdHUM_PxZO6P6PuvlA3cg/s640/2012+Mar+31_5479DSC_5530.jpg" width="460" /></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;">On Saturday (the day before Palm Sunday) </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">this donkey and his brother were seen in the streets of Île Saint Louis.  </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-Louis en l'Île</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Rue l'Île Saint-Louis</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>

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On Saturday (the day before Palm Sunday) this donkey and his brother were seen in the streets of Île Saint Louis.  Église Saint-Louis en l...

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Église Saint-Louis-en-l'Île

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1XPlcG4-xFf6CVyLK3U4H7fWRUu0g7E4n_5Cc4sgh_qKKgdLKm8tNR6_MZ7z_drDQLhXifiyDHVy4mx-DpBxU-vi4mP_4wVyJGratVdEO0TFK6VwzuOAQxIQ4N_m9dMg_YNksLvFBIlI/s1600/2012+jan+12++1st_0402.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1XPlcG4-xFf6CVyLK3U4H7fWRUu0g7E4n_5Cc4sgh_qKKgdLKm8tNR6_MZ7z_drDQLhXifiyDHVy4mx-DpBxU-vi4mP_4wVyJGratVdEO0TFK6VwzuOAQxIQ4N_m9dMg_YNksLvFBIlI/s640/2012+jan+12++1st_0402.jpg" width="444" yda="true" /></a></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 seventeenth century church on the island of Saint Louis was dedicated to Saint-Louis, Louis IX, King of France.  The ornate Baroque style interior is in stark contrast to the somber exterior.</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;">Although one may imagine this organ as a centuries-old masterpiece, it has a more recent history.  It was made by Aubertin in 2004 (51 stops, 69 ranks) and blends seamlessly with the surrounding periods.  As with many Paris churches there are multiple organs, and I will show you the chancel organ on another Sunday post.</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;">So, before you stop in Berthillon for an ice cream, wander east on Rue St. Louis to see this magnificent church.  You will notice the high, large clock which stands out as you look down the street.</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: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">bon dimanche</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;"><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-Louis-en-l'Île</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>19 bis, rue St Louis en l'Île</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;"><br /> </div>

Église Saint-Louis-en-l'Île

The seventeenth century church on the island of Saint Louis was dedicated to Saint-Louis, Louis IX, King of France.  The ornate Baroque styl...

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