Tuesday, June 04, 2013

Notre Dame de la Gare

Here is another Paris church I never showed you, even though it's interesting. It's called Notre Dame de la Gare, after the area it's located in (the Gare - station - d'Ivry)It was built around 1850 when this area was still pretty poor (the East of Paris has always been poorer than the West). That is why they say that this church would specially take care of the poor (they must have succeeded, because now the area is definitely richer!). I like it because its shape is really different; it looks like a church you could find in South America almost...

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  1. beautiful church and photo. you are right Eric, I was thinking more like Madrid than Paris....but that Paris sky is just gorgeous. Is it the angle of the picture or are the street lamps and trees leaning in? Anne

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  2. Yes, almost, or Southern California. I love the cobblestones in front of it.

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    1. Yes, it could be Southern Cal too (which is definitely Spanish style anyway ;-))

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  3. Actually, there are a lot in Finistere that look similar to this .

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  4. Lose the tower - and the plain facade looks straight out of one of those spaghetti westerns of the 1970s.
    Picture the 'man with no name' riding up to the church, sliding off his horse, looking slowly around through slit-like eyes, casually removing the cheroot from his lips and spitting contemptuously on those cobblestones that Petrea is so fond of. :-)

    Put the tower back and it's built in the neo-romanesque style which along with neo-gothic was popular in the 19th century. :-(

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    1. You watch too much television Drummond (and mostly re-runs, obviously!)

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  5. Just got back from Paris and this church definitely stood out. Unfortunately it didn't make it in the short video I made because it was raining that day: Trip Video :)

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  6. I vote for Edinburgh. It looks like it belongs on the Canongate.

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  7. Very Romanesque, and I suspect you can find churches in this style all over Europe, mostly in smaller towns where there were no wealthy bishops or feudal lords with the money to fund a large church, or to replace it with a gothic beauty.

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  8. Lovely church! And it does have a Spanish look to it. Good photo.

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