Maybe I
cannot “leave” the Rue de Faubourg Saint Martin (see my two preceding posts) without
making a few words about and show a few pictures of the Saint-Laurent Church. Well,
I actually talked about it already some two years ago (see here), about its
15th century origins, with a number of modifications during the centuries, with
its links to Vincent de Paul and to Louise de Marillac...
One
curiosity to be added is that during the revolutionary years, the church became
the “Temple of Hymen and of Fidelity”. There were obviously some other “Hymen
Temples” created those days also in other countries. Well… it didn’t last and we should perhaps also remember that Hymen obviously was the name of the God of Marriage in Greek mythology.
The present
facade from the 1860’s, in a Neo-Gothic style, replaced the previous 17th
century one. On the top
picture we can see how one has tried to make the facade look like a really Gothic one.
2 comments:
Effectivement la façade a changé du tout au tout.
J'aime bien le gothique mais l'ancienne n'était pas mal non plus.
Beaux vitraux et belles statues.
Merci pour la visite.
Le tympan est magnifique, il y en a peu d'aussi beaux.
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