Paris - Saint-Séverin Church

An early post today, because I will be catching a Eurostar train back to London this afternoon, and then an East Coast service on to York.

One thing that Paris has a lot of is attractive churches. Most people will have heard of Notre Dame and the Sacré-Cœur, but I've chosen one of the many other smaller churches - Saint-Séverin. Lucy and I first discovered this church just before Easter, but there was a service in progress, so we decided we would return at a later time.

Parts of the church date back several hundred years, but there are touches of modernity too, with relatively recent stained glass. I loved the carved pillars, like the one in the centre of this shot.

Thank you all for your recent comments and favs. We will be better able to respond and catch up now that my intensive and extensive tour of Paris is coming to an end.

Ian

[Padlock]

Awesome great shot

[bruni]

The pillars remind me of palm trees. beautiful lights from all the stained glass. churches are always on our sightseeing list

[CINDY JOHNSON]

really cool pillars

[Lynne Hart]

Nice pillars and archways. Like the stained glass windows too. Great shot.

[bkb in the city]

Great looking interior

[Therese]

wow, those arches are quite something! Beautiful shot! I've really enjoyed all the shots from your Paris tour!

[Pete Roberts]

Great architecture especially on the pillars.

[Bob]

I enjoyed this series. Off the beaten track is always good.

[Richard Sayer]

Brilliant Ian - I've enjoyed being reminded of some of the sights of Paris - hope you had a great time with Lucy.

[Steve and Pam Winfield]

Great photo what amazes me is how did they build these great structures years ago simply awesome:)

[Cathie]

So beautiful, Ian. I'm loving seeing the French shots by Lucy & your family. Enjoy.

[Tony]

A beautiful space perfectly captured.

[Rose]

Oh what an amazing capture and beautiful stained glass windows

[Brianna]

A magnificent structure and wonderful capture!

[Graham Thresher]

A really super capture and a fav

[Fisher Family]

@padlock

Thank you Padlock, glad you like it.

Ian

[Fisher Family]

@bruni

Thank you Bruni - Lucy and I went into several churches and found much beauty there.

Ian

[Fisher Family]

@pittcj17

Thank you Cindy - it was a fabulous building to look round.

Ian

[Fisher Family]

@lhart

Thank you Lynne - we spent quite a lot of time investigating this lovely building.

Ian

[Fisher Family]

@bkbinthecity

Thank you Brian - it was a really beautiful building.

Ian

[Fisher Family]

@monkeykid

Thank you Therese - I've now got a long job of sorting out a huge number of photos from my visit!

Ian

[Fisher Family]

@pjr

Thank you Pete - we found quite a few really beautiful churches to explore.

Ian

[Fisher Family]

@bobhuegel

Thank you Bob - it was fascinating seeing some of the less well known parts of the city as well as the tourist sights!

Ian

[Fisher Family]

@vignouse

Thank you Richard, we had a great time - but I really need a rest now!

Ian

[Fisher Family]

@stevepam

Thank you Steve and Pam - as well as being beautiful, they are impressive pieces of building work!

Ian

[Fisher Family]

@cathieg

Thank you Cathie, I'm glad you've enjoyed my visit!

Ian

[Fisher Family]

@tonydebont

Thank you Tony - it was quite a challenge, because it was quite dark and flash wasn't allowed.

Ian

[Fisher Family]

@silverhorn

Thank you Rose - the stained glass was beautiful, and there were some lovely wall paintings too.

Ian

[Fisher Family]

@lilminimonka

Thank you Brianna - it was a lovely building to look round and photograph.

Ian

[Fisher Family]

@thresheg

Thank you Graham, and thank you for the fav!

Ian

[Pyrrhula]

Great shot of those interresing and beautiful church

[Lee]

Nice shot Ian.

[Fisher Family]

@pyrrhula

Thank you Ferry - it was a beautiful church.

Ian

[Fisher Family]

@gamelee

Thank you Lee, glad you like it!

Ian