Thursday it was a very long walk, mostly on the left bank, involving two churches and many other things, mostly along or near Boulevard St. Germain, and then over to the Bon Marche.
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In our neighborhood, between Charonne and Rue de Faubourg
St. Antoine, this beautiful old Art Nouveau factory (?),
apparently making exotic wood things; apparently now disused |
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| In the Bastille market, creme fraiche by the scoop |
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| Looking downstream from the Pont du Sully |
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Knave view of the 15th century late Gothic St. Severin; unusually wide, with a
nave and four aisles, though not otherwise terribly large nor high |
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| The twisted column |
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| Vaulting in the chancel |
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| St. Severin |
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| Among the other sights |
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Now in the nave of St. Germain en Pres, one of Paris' oldest
churches, Romanesque, and still sporting its Medieval paint job |
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| Thus |
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| And thus |
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| View astern from the choir |
1 comment:
We were disappointed by Saint-Germain-des-Prés because it was so dark. Now, we should have known that because of its style and the fact that it is one of the oldest if not THE oldest church in Paris, that it would be dark, but we were still disappointed. The paintings were interesting, but it is not one of our favorite churches. I think that St. Etienne du Mont has to be one of our favorites. We love the stone rood screen...Wow!
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