SAINTE- CHAPELLE / CHURCHES OF PARIS
King Louis IX was a deeply religious man. In 1241 he paid a frightfully large sum of money to the Emperor of Constantinople in order to obtain certain relics. The milk of the Virgin Mary, a part of...
View ArticleEGLISE ST - GERMAIN - DES - PRES / CHURCHES OF PARIS
Have you ever sat on the terrace of the Café Les Deux Magots and wondered about the significance of the church across the cobblestoned plaza? Founded in the 6th century by King Childebert, son of...
View ArticleEGLISE SAINT- SULPICE / CHURCHES OF PARIS
The charming neighborhood of the 6th arrondisement harbors many delights and hidden surprises. The first time I meandered into the Eglise Saint-Sulpice, I discovered one of them.read more
View ArticleBASILIQUE DE ST - DENIS / CHURCHES OF PARIS
The Kings of France chose this Gothic Church as their burial place.read more
View ArticleEGLISE ST- GERMAIN l' AUXERROIS / CHURCHES OF PARIS
On August 23, 1572 with the sounding of the bell at this church, thousands of Protestant Huguenots were murdered by Catholics in what is now known as the Saint Bartholomew’s Day Massacre.read more
View ArticleST- ETIENNE DU MONT / CHURCHES OF PARIS
This church is a beautiful mixture of Gothic and Renaissance architecture, as it was begun in 1491, and was not completed until 1626.read more
View ArticleST- PIERRE DE MONTMARTRE / CHURCHES OF PARIS
The hill of Montmartre, as passed down through historians, is the place where the first Bishop of Paris, Saint Denis, and two of his companions, were put to death by the Roman Emperor. According to...
View ArticleEGLISE ST- ROCH / CHURCHES OF PARIS
Louis XIV laid the first stone for the new church to be built upon this site, which was the location of a chapel dating from the 1500s.read more
View ArticleBasilique du Sacre Coeur
The Basilique du Sacre Coeur is built upon the bones of the citizens of Paris, who died in the bloody uprising known as The Paris Commune of 1871.read more
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