Church in Paris

Lori — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 22:39:52 +0000

Today is exactly one week that I’ve been in Paris. We walked to the 6th district and visited 4 amazing churches. By amazing I mean absolutely draw dropping, take your breath away, stop in your tracks type of architecture and design. It left me wondering how humans could possible build these structures thousands of years ago. I took so many photos it was hard to choose…
First on the stop;
Notre Dame- A gothic masterpiece cathedral begun in 1163 and finished sometime in 1330.

Notre Dame

interior Notre Dame

St. Germain des Prés-oldest church in Paris (originating 542) Romanesque style with round—not pointed—arches over the aisles of the nave.

interior arches St. Germain

one of many interior stained glass St. Germain

St. Sulpice-started in 1646, it took more than a century to be built

St. Sulpice

Sainte Chapelle-home to the oldest stained-glass windows in Paris, originally built for Paris royalty and to house Christ’s Crown of Thorns

1st level of Sainte Chapelle

upstairs detail

15 stained glass windows soaring 50 ft to vaulted roof

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Church in Paris