rue des Carmes - une cour

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpa1jkSnvtLD_sSYFCGDqmI5b5w-nb4e65qLh0zZkp4WLoFlcUFA7ijBJlBvUt3KFydcoyVNdeg78bhDZFtjV56luct-clnspRIHu4O71YYCP9HJUmB1Hmr7Ud6WNYuLtTuAinleEvSKQ/s1600/2013+Nov18+Paris+_20131118+125+DSC_0231.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="680" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpa1jkSnvtLD_sSYFCGDqmI5b5w-nb4e65qLh0zZkp4WLoFlcUFA7ijBJlBvUt3KFydcoyVNdeg78bhDZFtjV56luct-clnspRIHu4O71YYCP9HJUmB1Hmr7Ud6WNYuLtTuAinleEvSKQ/s640/2013+Nov18+Paris+_20131118+125+DSC_0231.jpg" width="452" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">A small courtyard several steps </div><div style="text-align: center;">below the street level</div><div style="text-align: center;">still boasts an assortment of</div><div style="text-align: center;">dried hydrangea blooms.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Originally a church or cloister,</div><div style="text-align: center;">I am not sure of its function today.</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;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>14, rue des Carmes</i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>75005, Paris</i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

rue des Carmes - une cour

A small courtyard several steps  below the street level still boasts an assortment of dried hydrangea blooms. Originally a church or cloiste...

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Église Saint-Ephrem Le-Syriaque

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigTuyEbC0ducgVUythD4mJwNkYRH0w-Fkhp6PNxeN-8WMNUESC0fLDRbi_j821FS3njxCmvsgusJj5934ZviIjL-QPHCv9ZkB2qD31OdvxnSwHYlu5tdVr9MjI9B-FytkPSj5T1FmYYrg/s1600/2012+jan+13+1st_0610.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" sda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigTuyEbC0ducgVUythD4mJwNkYRH0w-Fkhp6PNxeN-8WMNUESC0fLDRbi_j821FS3njxCmvsgusJj5934ZviIjL-QPHCv9ZkB2qD31OdvxnSwHYlu5tdVr9MjI9B-FytkPSj5T1FmYYrg/s640/2012+jan+13+1st_0610.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;">This is as close as I could get to Église Saint-Ephren Le-Syriaque and had to shoot from behind the iron gates.</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;">As you can see from the poster this church is often filled with music and is known for its classical concerts.  According to the signs, there is a regular Mass on Sundays.  The first church edifice was built here in 1334, the second in 1685, and the one standing on the site today is the third built in 1733.</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;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUTexPwhKLjoRdXFqYpUpZR9Jm3Ui0nlUo1ZoKj8U_SD8sczQ64oWAHh1KMBLvySojOgDnalQPUMNFxjC5NQ64tBkVwHu_82o5THruwYae0P8iJSlACjxj7RgVp6RRhp64LHl5zC4sgTU/s1600/2012+jan+13+1st_0612.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" sda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUTexPwhKLjoRdXFqYpUpZR9Jm3Ui0nlUo1ZoKj8U_SD8sczQ64oWAHh1KMBLvySojOgDnalQPUMNFxjC5NQ64tBkVwHu_82o5THruwYae0P8iJSlACjxj7RgVp6RRhp64LHl5zC4sgTU/s320/2012+jan+13+1st_0612.jpg" width="240" /></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: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Here is a link to the </span><a href="http://www.paris-fun-romantic-vacations.com/st-ephrem.html"><strong><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">concert schedule</span></strong></a><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"> for 2012.</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;">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: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Église Saint-Ephrem Le-Syriaque</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>15, rue des Carmes</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75005, Paris</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div>

Église Saint-Ephrem Le-Syriaque

This is as close as I could get to Église Saint-Ephren Le-Syriaque and had to shoot from behind the iron gates. As you can see from the post...

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