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Paris: Churches

Notre Dame

We visited so many beautiful churches during our week! I was very happy to see the restoration progress on Notre Dame. When we watched that fire back in April 2019 I never thought it could be fixed. They are planning to open it in December 2024.

St. Suplice, St. Germain, and Sacre Couer were other churches we saw. I am posting images of these without distinguishing them. Enjoy!

St. Suplice
St. Germain – which is partly Romanesque
Sacre Couer
Familiar symbols of my Catholic upbringing; plus a new way to ask for funds!
Beautiful stained glass
Candles used to ask for special intentions
Seeing the number of pews helps understand the size of these enormous churches
The first two in this set are organs; the third may or may not be ….
The gothic arches

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4 responses to “Paris: Churches”

  1. susaton2uyr Avatar
    susaton2uyr

    Such gorgeous stained glass and magnificent stonework in those cathedrals! Thanks for your wonderful photos of the churches – including the frescoes and the beautifully constructed arrays of organ pipes. I can’t help but think of the thousands of carpenters, stonemasons, and other builders who toiled over centuries to complete these huge buildings with only hand tools and muscle power. Ad maiorem Dei gloriam.

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    1. emmbee218 Avatar
      emmbee218

      Yes so true! True talent

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  2. marthafrom Avatar
    marthafrom

    Isn’t amazing what was done for church splendor? It was in an Italian church in Milan where incense was being used and Latin sung that I felt how the masses could be convinced of spirits and all power.

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      emmbee218

      I know what you mean! And in Asia it was similar with Buddhist and Hindu temples and Islamic Mosques. We must be drawn as humans to worship deities with this beauty

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