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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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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