Église de la Madeleine - les cierges

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA_zzmomDgILAyhzZs_X9Jg34gCWQsbqbx13jHZPWcn3BjzIes5QmfpTcl5-6TwccNG3tlgici-46x9MC41s41K4eyZCuYY4KztCVIO2YQeGoLFoy8Ihm4f540hCkZZ63-6m2W1V58ccA/s1600/2012+Mar+28+Paris_251DSC_4606.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="570" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA_zzmomDgILAyhzZs_X9Jg34gCWQsbqbx13jHZPWcn3BjzIes5QmfpTcl5-6TwccNG3tlgici-46x9MC41s41K4eyZCuYY4KztCVIO2YQeGoLFoy8Ihm4f540hCkZZ63-6m2W1V58ccA/s640/2012+Mar+28+Paris_251DSC_4606.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Église de la Madeleine</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This magnificent church is well-attended<br />by the parishioners and visitors.<br /><br /><br />The corners of the church are bright with candlelight<br />and often with the music of concerts. </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;"><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 class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>Église de la Madeleine</i></span></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>Place de la Madeleine</i></span></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>75008, Paris</i></span></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>Métro Madeleine  </i></span></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Église de la Madeleine - les cierges

Église de la Madeleine This magnificent church is well-attended by the parishioners and visitors. The corners of the church are bright with ...

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Fauchon - la terrasse

<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/9677777518/" title="2012 Mar 28 Paris_261DSC_4616 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2012 Mar 28 Paris_261DSC_4616" height="800" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7305/9677777518_6722709416_c.jpg" width="568" /></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;">Fauchon</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Rose Foncé</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 terrace of Fauchon  looks to be a great spot for tourists (Coca-Light) but <span>the Parisians enjoy the ultra-gourmet selections in both of the Madeleine locations.  Fauchon is a French gourmet food company that was founded in 1886 by Auguste Fauchon. The company is based in Paris and operates retail outlets. </span></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;">This terrace is one of two options for casual dining at this Fauchon location.</span></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;">The éclairs are divine <span></span></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;">miam-miam</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;">Fauchon</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;">30, Place de la Madeleine</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;">75008, Paris</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;">Métro Madeleine</span></span></i></div>

Fauchon - la terrasse

Fauchon Rose Foncé The terrace of Fauchon  looks to be a great spot for tourists (Coca-Light) but the Parisians enjoy the ultra-gourmet sele...

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Église de la Madeleine

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnijEJM3A4I2MJEbiaN0DVHaFKSQygWhzH4uzd3tnXI8zZSkwT_HNMtAirLZdnqwaRMOYE0vOLTwrVKNdftqeHuKwlrnmbfXK-CcmXeIyNbMiQffsNt2ARXqu4cyGDl1JheRtGkfUjsuQ/s1600/2012+Mar+28+Paris_246DSC_4601.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hda="true" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnijEJM3A4I2MJEbiaN0DVHaFKSQygWhzH4uzd3tnXI8zZSkwT_HNMtAirLZdnqwaRMOYE0vOLTwrVKNdftqeHuKwlrnmbfXK-CcmXeIyNbMiQffsNt2ARXqu4cyGDl1JheRtGkfUjsuQ/s640/2012+Mar+28+Paris_246DSC_4601.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 sounds of stringed instruments and finely-tuned voices </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">regularly fill this cavernous Neo-Classical church.  </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The concerts bring in visitors and Parisians alike to Église de la Madeleine</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><br /></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: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>bon dimanche</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /><em></em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /><em></em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Église de la Madeleine</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Place de la Madeleine</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75008, Paris</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Métro Madeleine  </em></span></div>

Église de la Madeleine

The sounds of stringed instruments and finely-tuned voices regularly fill this cavernous Neo-Classical church.   The concerts bring in visit...

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L'Église Sainte-Marie-Madeleine - L'Ascension

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJh6qkbzWWCQ-NqPv_HtYro9BOW6aYxLeWZp0MvGIrJwe0jJi32wCgOJhxVTFdGsThF9u9rtCWlhzauW-5Eq7bgVrqPbHnklQKs1eNTDQ695PGt5rgi4zvgVE4nOiUxPwYvMF2hAECVHQ/s1600/DSC_0737copy+for+blog+2011+0403+%25282%2529.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591123002077640002" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJh6qkbzWWCQ-NqPv_HtYro9BOW6aYxLeWZp0MvGIrJwe0jJi32wCgOJhxVTFdGsThF9u9rtCWlhzauW-5Eq7bgVrqPbHnklQKs1eNTDQ695PGt5rgi4zvgVE4nOiUxPwYvMF2hAECVHQ/s640/DSC_0737copy+for+blog+2011+0403+%25282%2529.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></a> <br /><p align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;">Yesterday I attended the funeral after the unexpected death of my sister-in-law (belle-soeur). I think she would have loved this vision in La Madeleine, the work of Charles Marochetti. </p></span><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><p align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;">Bon dimanche</span> </p>

L'Église Sainte-Marie-Madeleine - L'Ascension

Yesterday I attended the funeral after the unexpected death of my sister-in-law (belle-soeur). I think she would have loved this vision in ...

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La Madeleine III

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC8HkpbRgFXZm7a16Fuf1XLnLzPThupBSoARPQ-pk-OzQ3UNxNYH2_pfiQb4HkczoAD90VuzO6ymn1KZe3cuk8HG9eBdPGUk-9EdynXO1Y2XEWPeFkzJRQ0SrVWJB1_enS_R2YNjfQD1g/s1600/2009+dec+paris+00643blog.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539266961418861938" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC8HkpbRgFXZm7a16Fuf1XLnLzPThupBSoARPQ-pk-OzQ3UNxNYH2_pfiQb4HkczoAD90VuzO6ymn1KZe3cuk8HG9eBdPGUk-9EdynXO1Y2XEWPeFkzJRQ0SrVWJB1_enS_R2YNjfQD1g/s640/2009+dec+paris+00643blog.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" /></a> Above the altar of l'Église Sainte-Marie-Madeleine, or simply... La Madeleine.<br /><br />I have brought you here before to see this beautiful church on Rue Royal facing Place de la Concorde and the Seine from its elegant perch. If you missed it, the previous posts are <a href="http://parisandbeyond-genie.blogspot.com/2010/07/angels-and-mary.html"><strong>here</strong></a> and <a href="http://parisandbeyond-genie.blogspot.com/2010/08/la-madeleine-tournez-vers-le-ciel.html"><strong>here</strong></a>.<br /><div> </div><br /><div>Bon dimanche</div>

La Madeleine III

Above the altar of l'Église Sainte-Marie-Madeleine, or simply... La Madeleine. I have brought you here before to see this beautiful chu...

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Ladurée -- le petit déjeuner

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9_qqhSASmmwXxVoVB26VPIbZRekSvCB4W48QrKQvTqE56IESb4dJD9znzT7xBkkNkz-5lYayn64MhyphenhyphenuCsgly9dq4gzcbzAXBYHRlprC60vmkAQgsRqefsP1o9nOCuK_Y3mtQLn9nq_RY/s1600/2010+0621+Paris+rescued+00011cropped.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5521041382410021970" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9_qqhSASmmwXxVoVB26VPIbZRekSvCB4W48QrKQvTqE56IESb4dJD9znzT7xBkkNkz-5lYayn64MhyphenhyphenuCsgly9dq4gzcbzAXBYHRlprC60vmkAQgsRqefsP1o9nOCuK_Y3mtQLn9nq_RY/s640/2010+0621+Paris+rescued+00011cropped.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><div>In June just a few doors from our hotel on Rue Jacob was Ladurée. The room adjacent to the usual sales room was set for le petit déjeuner. It looked lovely and elegant with its crisp linens, roses, and china. </div><div></div><div><br />Did we enjoy a leisurely breakfast at Ladurée? Non, we just grabbed a variety of macarons and headed to Église St. Madeleine where we devoured them all on the flower-covered steps. miam-miam!</div>

Ladurée -- le petit déjeuner

In June just a few doors from our hotel on Rue Jacob was Ladurée. The room adjacent to the usual sales room was set for le petit déjeuner. I...

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La Madeleine -- Tournez vers le ciel

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTZBy3wifHaE7fZcENqUvTuaaVSRwzywkmdPX7JgwEjiGuLl1h4yos2l4a_ZqIL8z3IvYlk6eLRPIKh2Qyo1nLfnAS75FpZQAI0neFM5ZMoNS_UmG6WuhrU7cRQ9eOjnqYZFJ1tOFV-AE/s1600/00634sharper.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509466537615383490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTZBy3wifHaE7fZcENqUvTuaaVSRwzywkmdPX7JgwEjiGuLl1h4yos2l4a_ZqIL8z3IvYlk6eLRPIKh2Qyo1nLfnAS75FpZQAI0neFM5ZMoNS_UmG6WuhrU7cRQ9eOjnqYZFJ1tOFV-AE/s640/00634sharper.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><div>J'adore, j'adore la Madeleine! Are you not just in awe with the juxtaposition of the angles and the carvings as you look up? There is so much to see and you could spend many hours here and still not absorb it all.</div><div><br /><br /></div><div>If you missed it, here is a <a href="http://parisandbeyond-genie.blogspot.com/2010/07/angels-and-mary.html"><span style="color:#000000;"><strong>previous post</strong></span> </a>with another photo and some background information.<br /></div>

La Madeleine -- Tournez vers le ciel

J'adore, j'adore la Madeleine! Are you not just in awe with the juxtaposition of the angles and the carvings as you look up? There i...

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The Angels and Mary

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvdHP5jkViLtn7cvsVymQA1xJd-okIdUq-VufL77T9TQrGbAoYFx-iJMByh6c_dEDqFfxA3Ma5NzyCywdeEjX6BxahI21QiJ6YalPYp9pMgTL6yE1FmEjsUaRckd_V3v2lK4iOiy3TZFE/s1600/DSC_0737copy.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495061921351914098" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvdHP5jkViLtn7cvsVymQA1xJd-okIdUq-VufL77T9TQrGbAoYFx-iJMByh6c_dEDqFfxA3Ma5NzyCywdeEjX6BxahI21QiJ6YalPYp9pMgTL6yE1FmEjsUaRckd_V3v2lK4iOiy3TZFE/s640/DSC_0737copy.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: ; DISPLAY: block; ; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><div>The churches of Paris are, as an understatement, just stunning. <a href="http://www.eglise-lamadeleine.com/"><span style="color:#ffcc00;">La Madeleine</span></a>, or more formally, L'Église Sainte-Marie-Madeleine, is one that I frequently visit. When your flight arrives at CDG from Atlanta at 5:00am and your hotel is not ready, you can always visit a café or a church. Not much else is open and the Parisians are mostly still nestled in their beds. La Madeleine is warm in the winter when it is raining (or worse) outside, and it is cool in the heat of summer.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>This is a photo of the altar and to give you an idea of the size/scale just look at the chair on the left. The enormous statue by Charles Marochetti shows the ascension of St Mary Magdalene accompanied by three angels. Above the altar is a beautiful detailed mosaic by Lameire. </div><br /><div></div><br /><div>The special attraction to ma fille Holly is that her beloved and now deceased French teacher was married here many years ago. </div><br /><div></div><br /><div>I'll tell you another time about the music and the people we met at La Madeleine. </div>

The Angels and Mary

The churches of Paris are, as an understatement, just stunning. La Madeleine , or more formally, L'Église Sainte-Marie-Madeleine, is one...

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