Paris Churches

So we thought it was time to continue our update on the trip to London and Paris. I've been blogger-chastised for blog-neglect, so hopefully this will make up for it, and hold you over until the year in review blog...tune in Sept. 27 for the one year mark of kelli's and my trip to Scotland!

Anyway, this blog takes us on a tour of Paris churches. The first is Sainte Chapelle, built after the comedian Chapelle was canonized by the church for his work on comedy central...just kidding. This church was actually built to house relics, most particularly the crown of thorns.




As you can see, the stained glass in the church was pretty awesome. Each section told the story of a different book of the Bible, and there was statues of the disciples in between each one.


From Sainte Chapelle it is only a short walk to Notre Dame, which is pretty incredible. They are both on an island of sorts, with the River Seine splitting to go around them.





There is only so much you can say about Notre Dame. It is pretty awesome. Not only is it massive, but it has some incredibly intricate work as well - hence this awesome doorway.


Now, at first glance, you might think this is another angle of Notre Dame, but you would be wrong. This church is what I would like to call the "poor man's" Notre Dame. This is St. Eustache, which is one of the coolest churches in Paris, and yet is much less known than Notre Dame (but in my opinion, much cooler). Sadly, it isn't taken care of nearly as well.


Here is a shot from inside St. Eustache at a statue that had of Christ and Mary.



Well, that's it. We saw more churches like the Dome Church, St. Severin, and the Pantheon (used to be Sainte Genevieve), but for the sake of time and a lot of pictures that would look pretty much the same, we have spared you.

Tune in next time for a blog about the churches of London...as far as I know...