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Cloches et clochers
On April 15 of this year, as Paris remained in lockdown, one of Notre Dame’s bells rang out to mark a year since the fire that largely destroyed the cathedral’s interior. The bell’s name was Emmanuel, and a grainy still … Continue reading
Posted in Paris churches, Paris history, Paris music
Tagged angelus, Bells, Belltowers, Bienvenue chez les Ch’tis, Glockenfriedhof, Louis Vierne, Napoleon Bonaparte, Notre Dame Cathedral, Notre-Dame-de-Jouy, Regis Singer, Sacre Coeur, Saint-Severin, Sainte-Odile, Savoyarde, Second World War, St-Germain-l’Auxerrois, St-Merri, St-Philippe-du-Roule, St-Yves, Stephen J. Thorne
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Lutetia, viewed by a 19th-century historian
I have a weakness – no, a fondness – no, a passion for old maps of Paris. On a visit a year or so ago, I bought three old maps from an antiquarian bookseller. During our annual New Year’s tidy-up, … Continue reading
Posted in Paris history, Paris maps
Tagged Abbaye St-Germain, aqueducts, Arènes de Lutèce, Bièvre River, Bibliothèque Nationale, Carnavalet Museum, cippe antique, Clos de Lias, Cluny Museum, Cybèle, Gregory of Tours, Histoire physique civile et morale de Paris depuis les premiers temps historiques jusqu'à nos jours, Ile de la Cité, Ile Louviers, Jacques Antoine Dulaure, Jacques-Marie Hacq, Jean-Pierre Adam, jeu de mail, La Petite Seine, Lutèce, Lutetia, Mont Locutitius, Musée des monnaies médailles et antiques, Notre Dame Cathedral, Palais des Thermes, Philippe Velay, Place Tudella, Prison de Glaucin, Roman-era Paris, St Bacchus, St-Benoit-le-Bétourné, Tour de Marquefas, Victor Hugo
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