Kerk
Saint Germain des Prés Kerk
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Patrice
May 17, 2016
Paris's oldest church was built to shelter a simple shard of wood, said to be a relic of Jesus' cross brought back from Spain in AD 542. Vikings came down the Seine and sacked the sanctuary, and Revolutionaries used it to store gunpowder. Yet the elegant building has defied history's abuses: its 11th-century Romanesque tower continues to be the central symbol of the neighborhood.
Paris's oldest church was built to shelter a simple shard of wood, said to be a relic of Jesus' cross brought back from Spain in AD 542. Vikings came down the Seine and sacked the sanctuary, and Revolutionaries used it to store gunpowder. Yet the elegant building has defied history's abuses: its 11t…
Cyrielle Et Nicolas
December 17, 2015
Beautiful church, nearby Saint Germain des Près metro station.
Zazie
October 10, 2015
The oldest church in Paris.
Prestigious
July 19, 2012
Eglise Saint-Germain-des-Pres
Pat
October 10, 2016
Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés just beyond the outskirts of early medieval Paris, was the burial place of Merovingian kings of Neustria. At that time, the Left Bank of Paris was prone to flooding from the Seine, so much of the land could not be built upon and the Abbey stood in the middle of meadows, or prés in French, thereby explaining its appellation.
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3 Place Saint-Germain des Prés
Paris, IDF