Saint-Eustache
Saint-Eustache, built upon the foundations of a chapel consecrated to Saint Agnes in the 1200s, was more than a century in construction due to lack of funding and religious wars. Construction of the present day church began in 1532 and consecration took place in 1637. Being located close to the Louvre and the Palais Royale, ...
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Saint-Denis Basilica – The Royal Necropolis
The Basilica of Saint-Denis was originally an Abbey church and later became a cathedral. It is commemorated to Saint Denis, the first bishop of Paris. A monastery has been at this location since the 7th century. In the crypt you can see what survived of the 7th century Carolingian church (Carolingian Dynasty ...
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Sacre Coeur
Sacre-Coeur-Paris is located at the top of a hill of Montmartre and the five white marble domes and campanile can be seen from all over Paris. Inspired by churches in Constantinople and Venice, Sacre-Coeur has a Byzantine-Romanesque façade. The 40 year construction began in 1875. Because of the limestone quarries ...
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Montmartre
Montmartre is a unique part of Paris that is untouched by the Haussmannian street reforms that you find in the city center. Here there are no wide sweeping boulevards. Instead there are the delightful climbing cobblestone streets of an urban village that are a delight to wander. Around Metro Abbesses Arriving at Abbesses ...
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