Friday, September 5, 2014

Saint-Germain l'Auxerrois

Interior of the church of Saint-Germain l'Auxerrois, Paris
Interior of the church of Saint-Germain l'Auxerrois
Place du Louvre
Quartier Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois, 1st arrondissement
Paris, July 2014

“The low point in the church's history was August 24, 1572, the evening of the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre. The tower bells of Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois rang, signaling the supporters of Catherine de Médicis, Marguerite de Guise, Charles IX, and the future Henri III to launch a slaughter of thousands of Protestant Huguenots, who'd been invited to celebrate the marriage of Henri de Navarre to Marguerite de Valois.” (St-Germain l'Auxerrois, Paris, Sacred Destinations)
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3 comments:

  1. RevrunnerSeptember 5, 2014 at 12:08 AM

    Dirty business.

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  2. DinaSeptember 5, 2014 at 10:58 AM

    A nice color, the windows. But a black history.

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  3. cieldequimperSeptember 5, 2014 at 9:31 PM

    And still it is one of my favourite churches, maybe because of the reminder...

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