Paris and Beyond: Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Belleville

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Sunday, March 13, 2016

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Beautiful and sturdy iron hinges on the

massive doors of this neo-gothic church

are offset by the soft visage

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Église-Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Belleville

139, rue de Belleville

75019, Paris

Believing that there was only one neo-Gothic double-spired

church in Paris (Basilica of Saint-Clotilde),

we found this one in November

just on the southern edge of the 19ème.

Click here to see an interior view and

a bit of history of the church.

There is an abundance of churches in Paris

and I am convinced that it would be impossible to see them all.

The same applies to cemeteries.

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Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Belleville

139 rue de Belleville

75019, Paris

Built between 1854 and 1859 in the Belleville area,

it was the first Gothic Revival Churches in Paris.

These historical grounds are built on a foundation of

an early Bellevillois chapel of 1548 which was

replaced by the "first" Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Belleville church

in 1635.

During the construction of this current structure, the foundation

stones of the earlier churches were uncovered.

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Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Belleville

139, rue de Belleville

75019, Paris