Église Notre Dame de Lorette - l'orgue

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyfSKytQ-uo_HShB47sYKY_DYvMI4nOhEn94XfcyyNJs-QrYVoUU2vMSZZA41DUy2C_0gH73xh9BuHlCcjSYWGflvW3UWLXuBpXChxOi5Xz4Efkro2XAuYXnM7Y5FQoJheakDEFEnFetg/s1600/2011+Nov+8+DSC_0958.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="598" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyfSKytQ-uo_HShB47sYKY_DYvMI4nOhEn94XfcyyNJs-QrYVoUU2vMSZZA41DUy2C_0gH73xh9BuHlCcjSYWGflvW3UWLXuBpXChxOi5Xz4Efkro2XAuYXnM7Y5FQoJheakDEFEnFetg/s1600/2011+Nov+8+DSC_0958.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Église Notre Dame de Lorette</span></span></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Église Notre Dame de Lorette</span></span> is a neoclassical church </div><div align="center">built by architect Louis-Hippolyte Lebas </div><div align="center">between 1823 and 1836 in the 9th arrondissement. </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">It contains the first organ built by the great organ builder </div><div align="center">Aristide Cavaillé-Coll (1811–1899). </div><div align="center">Composer Cesar Franck became the assistant organist here in 1947 </div><div align="center">and was married in this church as well.</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">For another view of the interior and an interesting story, </div><div align="center">look <a href="http://parisandbeyond-genie.blogspot.com/2011/12/eglise-notre-dame-de-lorette.html" target="_blank">here at a previous post</a>.</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-small;"><em>bon dimanche </em></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-small;"><em></em></span> </div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-small;"><em></em></span> </div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-small;"><em></em></span> </div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-small;"><em></em></span> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-small;"><em>Église Notre Dame de Lorette</em></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">18, bis rue de Chateaudun</span></em></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">75009, Paris</span></em></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div>

Église Notre Dame de Lorette - l'orgue

    Église Notre Dame de Lorette     Église Notre Dame de Lorette is a neoclassical church built by architect Louis-Hippolyte Lebas betw...

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Église Notre Dame de Lorette

<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/8544091606/" title="2011 Nov 8 DSC_0939 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2011 Nov 8 DSC_0939" height="800" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8239/8544091606_38e98d0057_c.jpg" width="532" /></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 Notre Dame de Lorette</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 construction of this grand church was started in 1823 under the reign of Louis XVIII and was completed in 1836 under Louis-Philippe.  The elaborate murals were painted directly on the walls and one can see sections which are being restored.  Considered too modern, too bright with gas lighting, the walls are entirely covered with designs and painting.</span></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: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Église Notre Dame de Lorette</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">18, bis rue de Chateaudun</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75009, Paris</span></i></div>

Église Notre Dame de Lorette

Église Notre Dame de Lorette The construction of this grand church was started in 1823 under the reign of Louis XVIII and was completed in 1...

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Signe étrange

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiloCwCOC6AMNaWZ7GgmcAHs0fKWcSecLKS4yjzOL8myI8t6DusaDvaOHmqTQNk8WEB6dlpnGmX_vbSbbJ3ZJQpBCrSUvwBFyF-cvlZFDu-i3tYAKAYVKv16WwE_Cq9UVDRPy8auCMFGs8/s1600/2012+Jan+17++3rd_0459.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="505" nda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiloCwCOC6AMNaWZ7GgmcAHs0fKWcSecLKS4yjzOL8myI8t6DusaDvaOHmqTQNk8WEB6dlpnGmX_vbSbbJ3ZJQpBCrSUvwBFyF-cvlZFDu-i3tYAKAYVKv16WwE_Cq9UVDRPy8auCMFGs8/s640/2012+Jan+17++3rd_0459.jpg" width="640" /></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;">I have seen this sign only once or twice in Paris, but love the sense of humor.</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;">No left turn!</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;">or... does it say, "Don't bend the Eiffel Tower!"</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;">This is one of many designs of <a href="http://livornodailyphoto.blogspot.com/2012/03/clet-abraham.html" target="_blank"><strong>Clet Abraham</strong></a>, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">who places his artistic, non-destructive stickers on signs around Europe.</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;">(Thanks, <a href="http://www.barcelonadailyphoto.com/" target="_blank"><strong>Rob and Mandy</strong></a> for the information)</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>Rue Laffitte facing </em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><em><span style="font-family: Times;">Église Notre Dame de Lorette</span></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75009, Paris</em></span></div>

Signe étrange

I have seen this sign only once or twice in Paris, but love the sense of humor. No left turn! or... does it say, "Don't bend the Ei...

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Église Notre Dame de Lorette II

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgZJI1bSUqYeOZKgOGjv5MdYXOL9IvZp4N8p7fMJISOEZHvoH5WBr-4dlrAdqwDLKJCikKHPV0zKlX6KEHjq2ZKOiudnhPw5XXbvepcXWxV2A6GJ6EDUTl6mygTjNxhq8k1NCzXk83rmo/s1600/2011+nov+5+part+2+DSC_0946.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="464" nfa="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgZJI1bSUqYeOZKgOGjv5MdYXOL9IvZp4N8p7fMJISOEZHvoH5WBr-4dlrAdqwDLKJCikKHPV0zKlX6KEHjq2ZKOiudnhPw5XXbvepcXWxV2A6GJ6EDUTl6mygTjNxhq8k1NCzXk83rmo/s640/2011+nov+5+part+2+DSC_0946.jpg" width="640" /></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;">Rich colors adorn every corner of this large church, much like a museum.</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;">I would like to return for a concert on the Cavaille-Coll organ,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: xx-small;">and to see if there are any mistresses in attendance.</span></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-size: x-small;">Bon dimanche </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Église Notre Dame de Lorette</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>18, bis rue de Chateaudun</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">75009 Pa</span>ris</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div>

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Rich colors adorn every corner of this large church, much like a museum. I would like to return for a concert on the Cavaille-Coll organ,   ...

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Église Notre Dame de Lorette

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnQjm1lipZUll32t2LeSW9ju43rxJNnIWxlbEwydNfN5mmLfY9wUpSAs5lqtzs8T3Mynd7e30h2uYW58wdJHIPE_behVv_5ovRqpVxJtohnUJEQLDmiZy5j3HI0ysm5v-zarMBxgKxG3A/s1600/2011+nov+5+DSC_0953.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" oda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnQjm1lipZUll32t2LeSW9ju43rxJNnIWxlbEwydNfN5mmLfY9wUpSAs5lqtzs8T3Mynd7e30h2uYW58wdJHIPE_behVv_5ovRqpVxJtohnUJEQLDmiZy5j3HI0ysm5v-zarMBxgKxG3A/s640/2011+nov+5+DSC_0953.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;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">There has been much said about the gaudy interior of Notre Dame de Lorette, but I found it elegant, adorned with 19th Century art and a Cavaille-Col grand organ.  </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The painter Eugene Delacroix lived nearby and was christened here in 1840.</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;">The other stories of this large church refer to the "kept women" of the surrounding neighborhood.  Many wealthy men of this period had mistresses as well as wives and it is said that all attended Sunday services.  </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;">Interesting, n'est-ce pas?  </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">That little fact was not included in the church literature I picked up in November.</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; font-size: x-small;">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: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Église Notre Dame de Lorette</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>18, bis rue de Chateaudun</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75009 Par</em></span>is</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">  </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Église Notre Dame de Lorette

There has been much said about the gaudy interior of Notre Dame de Lorette, but I found it elegant, adorned with 19th Century art and a Cava...

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