Paris and Beyond: Église Saint-Nicolas du Chardonnet

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Sunday, July 10, 2016

The early morning sun

casts long shadows

bon dimanche

Église Saint-Nicolas du Chardonnet

23, rue des Bernardins

75005, Paris

In the early winter years of visiting this church

I found it dark and uninteresting.

A bright warm day showed its interior

to better advantage.

bon dimanche

Église Saint-Nicholas du Chardonnet

23, rue des Bernardins

75005, Paris

Like many of the churches in Paris (and France and all of Europe),

this early 18th century church has a marble plaque

listing those of the church who "Morts pour la France, 1914 - 1918"

This is but one church among hundreds in the city

who lost a generation of young people to World War I.

bon dimanche

Église Saint Nicholas du Chardonnet

23, rue des Bernardins

75005, Paris

(joyeux anniversaire, Cherie)

On a quiet Monday morning

the church was vacant with rows and row of chairs,

and an abundance of shadows

bon dimanche

Église Saint-Nicholas du Chardonnet

23, rue des Barnardins

75005, Paris