Divine design

Though many of Paris' churches were destroyed during the French Revolution, many have survived.

 Above: inside l'Église Saint-Germain-des-Prés w/its elaborate pulpit 

 

Windy Wednesday

 Winds whistle as the elevator climbs the Eiffel Tower.

 

Tunnel Tuesday

 

 

Exiting historic Hôtel de Sully onto rue de Rivoli.

 

Foucault Friday

 

A Foucault Pendulum swings beneath the main rotunda at the Pantheon.

Monument Monday

 

Inside the Pantheon atop Montagne Sainte-Geneviève in the Latin Quarter, an enormous mausoleum with tombs of Victor Hugo, Voltaire, Alexandre Dumas, Pierre and Marie Curie, Rousseau, Louis Braille, to name a few.

 

Over the roof

Breathtaking sunset views over Paris rooftops.

Church search

 

Three-quarters of the churches in Paris were burned down during the French Revolution leaving few survivors, most notably Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris, Église Sainte-Chapelle and the Basilique Cathédrale de Saint-Denis where the kings and queens of France repose, now all well-known touristic sites. (Despite its byzantine aspect the Basilique du Sacré Coeur de Montmartre did not appear until 1914).

Today there are many lesser-known churches sprinkled throughout the city that deserve a detour, easily found by searching their whereabouts on a map of Paris. Most are active but some are former churches, cloisters, and ecclesiastical buildings, all worthwhile to discover for their history, architecture, and beauty. - BPJ

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Recommended:

 Église Saint Paul-Saint Louis

 Église Saint-Jean de Montmartre

 Chapelle Nôtre-Dame-de-la-Médaille-Miraculeuse 

 Église Saint-Germain l'Auxerrois

 Église Saint-Gervais-Saint-Protais

Èglise Saint-Médard de Paris

 Basilique Nôtre-Dame des Victoires

Basilique de Sainte-Clotilde

Église Saint-Étienne-du-Mont

Église Saint-Julien-le-Pauvre

Église Saint-Pierre de Montmartre

Église Saint-Sulpice

Église Saint-Séverin

 Église Saint-Eustache

 Église Saint-Seraphin-de-Sarov

 Église de la Madeleine

Église Saint-Germain-des-Prés

Le Panthéon (originally Église de Sainte-Geneviève)

Collège des Bernardins

 Église des Billettes and its medieval cloister w/exhibitions, concerts

 

 

Flashback Friday

 

 

The Basilica of Sacré Coeur on the back of a truck parked on a Montmartre street.

 

Tower Tuesday

A view from below.

From post, "Lunch High"

 

On a clear day

 

 

"Paris is well worth a Mass!" - King Henry IV

 

On high

 

The highest point in Paris La Basilique du Sacré-Cœur de Montmartre overlooks the city below.

 

Eyeful sunset

 

The Eiffel Tower as seen from Pont de l'Alma, at sunset.

From a bridge

 

Notre Dame Cathedral under repair.

Monument Monday

 The Basilica of Sacré Coeur on a July afternoon.

Eiffel teeter

 

Master of trompe l'oeil photographer street artist JR strikes again, this time making the Eiffel Tower appear to teeter perilously over a deep ravine. As with his installation at the Pyramide du Louvre, the viewer has to stand in just the right spot so the foreground and tower line up.

 

 Place du Trocadéro

 

  Ends June 17, 2021

A thousand oaks

  

One thousand hundred-year-old oaks will be felled by the end of this month to rebuild the spire of Notre-Dame de Paris.

Above: the spire through trees before the fire
 

Sacré bleu

Beautiful blue skies. Spring is on its way.

 

Worth waiting for

The interior of Paris' oldest church, under scaffolding for almost two years, restored to its original splendor.

L'Église de Saint-Germain-des-Prés

Royale view

Rue Royale and Place de la Concorde as seen from L'Église de la Madeleine just before the rain.

Moon lighting

This month's full moon over the Basilica from a friend's Montmartre terrace.