Latin Quarter Paris
The Latin Quarter Paris (5th/6th arrondissements) earns its name because at one time the university in this district customarily taught in Latin. Robert de Sorbon founded the Collège Sorbonne in 1257. It was a theological college of the University of Paris. The name Sorbonne has, in recent times, become synonymous with the ...
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Saint-Pierre-de-Montmartre
Saint-Pierre-de-Montmartre, one of Paris’ oldest churches, is tucked behind Sacré Coeur high up on Montmartre. There are those that would argue the point of it being one of Paris’ oldest churches because at that time, the Montmartre area was not actually a part of Paris. [caption id="attachment_1062" ...
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Saint-Julien le Pauvre – One of Paris’ Oldest Churches
Saint-Julien-le-Pauvre is one of the oldest churches in Paris. Twice it has been on the list of churches to be razed but thankfully this has not happened. Saint Gregory of Tours (538-594) first mentions St-Julien as a place of respite for himself and refers to it as a basilica which usually was a term used for abbey churches. ...
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Saint-Gervais et Saint-Protais
Saint-Gervais et Saint-Protais Church in the Marais neighborhood of Paris, constructed in 1212, is built on a site that has been a location of worship since the 4th century. Generally referred to as Saint-Gervais (for short), the church is dedicated to twin martyrs who were murdered in Milan during Nero’s ...
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Saint-Etienne-du-Mont
Saint-Etienne-du-Mont is located across the street from the Panthéon in the Latin Quarter. The church's origins lie with the abbey of Sainte-Geneviève. Clovis, King of the Francks, founded the abbey in the sixth century. The church was later enlarged (1492) and the name changed to Saint-Etienne. Progress was slow as the ...
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Sainte-Chapelle
Sainte-Chapelle is modeled after Charlemagne’s Palatine Chapel at Aachen Germany and that church is modeled after The Holy Sepulchre Church in Jerusalem. This crystal marvel of light is breath-taking! There are 1113 scenes (panels) depicted in the 15 floor to ceiling panels of stained glass. Nearly two-thirds of these ...
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Panthéon
The Panthéon Paris, built on the site where King Clovis in 507 AD constructed a basilica. He planned that it would eventually hold his remains. In the 1750s an abbey church dedicated to Saint Genevieve was built but was not completed until 1789. In 1791 the basilica became a temple to house the ashes of the great men of ...
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