Sunday church : Eglise d'Alésia

The Eglise d'Alesia is nicely located on the Alesia Square in the 14th arrondissement, south of Paris. I've lived nearby for manay year before moving east. They've just renovated the church and as you can see the top of the "clocher" (tower for church in French) is not finished yet. It gives a nice look.

Close up on the Sainte Trinité church tower

In her comment yesterday, "Thirtytwo degrees" was wondering if the clock was correct. As I happened to take a zoom picture of the tower, let's see if there is something wrong. The time was right as it was 3:50 pm when I shot and this close up is a nice opportunity to see the beauty of this tower. What may look different are the clock colors as it's not often seen on churches.

Eglise de la Sainte Trinité

The Church of the "Sainte Trinité" is located in the 9th arrondissement on a nice square called "Place d'Estienne d'Orves" (a name impossible to pronounce if you're not French !). Sorry for the "tourist" picture with the mMétro sign but I kind of liked it !

Back home !

Hello everyone ! I am back from my winter holidays spent in beautiful Capetown, South Africa. It was summer there and even I'm glad to be back in Paris I wish the weather was a little warmer. For my come back post this is a view of the Saint Sulpice church towers out above the roofs. The north tower renovation has just been finished last January and for the first time for the last 11 years of giant renovation the Church is now scaffoldings free.
By the way thanks for your sweet comments on my "Bye Bye Paris" post.

Tour Saint Jacques between buildings

Nice to be back in Paris this morning with a beautiful blue sky. Cold, by the way compared to the weather I had in N'Djamena but isn't the Tour Saint Jacques splendid with this blue background ?

Grand Paris : the Basilica Cathedral of Saint Denis

Saint Denis is a city located just outside of Paris city limits in the north and it's where you can find the splendid Basilica Cathedral. This place was founded in the 7th century by king Dagobert and became the burial place for kings of France as you can see on the picture. It really is a very interesting place to visit that you can easily access with the subway and that unfortunately tourist often miss.

Lunch time at the Madeleine church

Yesterday as I was passing by La Madeleine church going to a meeting I couldn't help taking a picture of the people having lunch on the stairs where this year they've put all these flowers.
Now, showing you the giant columns of the Church entrance I realize that I've never posted any picture of it so far.
Today we are welcoming our friends from Canada and the weather is finally hot and sunny which will give me photo opportunities while showing them the city.Have a great week-end everyone !

Église Notre Dame des Blancs Manteaux

This church is located in Le Marais and is quite difficult to picture because it's in a small street so you have to use a wide angle.

Details of La Tour Saint Jacques

Top of la Tour Saint Jacques that I showed in its entire beauty on this post : La Tour Saint Jacques. A beautiful renovation.

Back home in the 20th arrondissement

I am back from a terrific vacations and I thank you for your comments and wishes left on my last post. Being back home just this morning I invite you to my home area the 20th arrondissement, which apart from the Père Lachaise cemetery, in not often visited by foreigners. This little street is named "rue Etienne Dolet" and leads to that charming church on top of numerous stairs called "Eglise Notre Dame de la Croix".

Street view

A view on Montmatre Sacré Coeur from corner the rue Lafitte and boulevard Haussmann in the 9th arrondissment. The church with the columns is Notre Dame de Lorette.

A glimpse inside

Inside the church of Saint François Xavier

Paroisse Saint François Xavier

Built in the end of the 1800's this church is located in the 7th arrondissement on the Place du Président-Mithouard.

Notre Dame de Clignancourt

Right in front of the 18th arrondissement city hall is the church Notre Dame de Clignancourt. Not famous but I like it.

Eglise Saint Germain de Charonne

I already talked about this church in a previous post but I did not publish any picture of it yet. When looking at this little charming church possessing its cemetery around it (in the back) you feel like you are in a small town out of Paris, but you are in the 20th arrondissement.

Saint Eustache church

Saint Eustache church was built between 1532 and 1640. It is located in the center of Paris near "Les Halles".

Tour Saint Jacques

The Tour Saint Jacques is a remaining from an old church that was demolished during the French Revolution.It's been standing here on the right bank for 5 centuries (built between 1509 and 1523) and is located in a square that took its name "Square de la Tour Saint Jacques".
Ever since I lived in Paris the tower was not visible but coverved because it was so old and fragile that rocks were sometimes falling. It's only in march this year that restoration work had been completed and that the tower was "un-packed". We then had the feeling of having a new monument given to Paris though it was only 500 years old ....

Inside Saint Jean de Montmartre

Lights inside the Saint Jean de Montmartre church in the 18th arrondissement

Saint Gervais - Saint Protais church

As promissed yesterday, I show you today the inside of the Saint Gervais Saint Protais church. You can see that there are no chairs but small wood stools giving a special look to the place.

Rue des barres

This is one of my favourite street in the "old Paris". It leads from the Seine to the Marais and is surrounded by very old and beautiful houses. On the left you can see the back of the Saint Gervais-Saint Protais church which you can enter there. I will show a picture of the inside tomorrow.