At the end of
the street appears a surprising church tower, actually the highest in Paris.
Half way on
this long street, Rue de Prony, you can zoom on this church tower or, in the
opposite direction, on the rotunda / lodge at one of the entrances to Parc
Monceau, the place where one once had to pay taxes to bring merchandise into the
then smaller Paris (see previous posts about Parc Monceau and about the Wall ofthe Farmers-General).
We are in
an area which used to be farming and hunting ground until the 19th
century, referred to as “Plaine-Monceau”. It then became a very fashionable
area and a lot of “hôtels particuliers” (private mansions) were built here. We
can still see some, today mostly offices. On one street corner – with Rue
Fortuny (see previous post about its remarkable mansions) stands the house
where Edmond Rostand lived and wrote “Cyrano de Bergerac”.
Approaching
the church tower, we cross Avenue de Wagram with the Arch of Triumph in the
horizon (see previous posts) and the Place du Maréchal Juin – with a number of
nice restaurants in its immediate surroundings.
The church,
which is not easy to photograph, is the Sainte Odile. The construction started
before WWII and was completed in 1946. The architecture is of course quite
different from most other Paris churches, very much 1930 and influenced by
byzantine edifices with three cupolas and of course especially the very specific high tower. It’s covered by bricks of the same origin as the Strasbourg
Cathedral, maybe another reference to the Alsace region, of which Sainte Odile
is the patron saint.
The interior
is of course in the same style.
Maybe, the church
architecture comes to its right better during the night?
I’m off to
Sweden again for a week, so this post is preprogrammed.
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16 comments:
I've never seen that tower, Peter!
Thanks
I don't remember seeing that tower Peter. Thanks for the share. Isn't it true that many Paris monuments look better lit up at night?
Denise
A very peculiar church tower indeed! I really did not pay attention for not having heard of that church! More than worth the detour.
Interesting post, as always, Peter. That is really an odd-looking church to me, almost a b it of late Art Deco in style.
je l'adore cette eglise (une de mes preferees de Paris), une architecture tres originale
Actuellement, on ne pourrait plus construire ce genre de chose sans déclencher un débat sur l'identité nationale.
So beautiful pictures! Thanks for this tour!
Léia
Ha det så trevligt i Sverige!
Hard to photograph, yes, like St. Paul's in London. But you did a good job, and especially the night shots, I agree.
Bon voyage, and happy visit in Sweden!
Ce clocher n'est pas sur un promontoire mais se voit de loin et ressemble beaucoup à la Coit Tower de San Francisco. Par ailleurs je lui trouve une forme très... euh suggestive et agressive.
Cette Eglise a un style bien particulier. Je ne la connais pas du tout. Si son clocher est le plus haut de la capitale, ce n'est franchement le plus beau.
I work 5 minutes away from this and so it was nice to see a post about it because it truly is rather unknown to most Parisians.
The night shots are wonderful. I love touring Paris in your posts :)
Lovely photos, Peter! The street leading to the tower looks really nice!
Paris is so beautiful. And you always find such marvellous subjects for your camera, Peter!
Hi peter!
again, happy travels!
oh! how i envy you! ^0^
hope you'd post some fotos of Sweden.
what a nice church,
interesting structure.
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