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St-Etienne-du-Mont

  • Address: 30 rue Descartes, The Quartier Latin, Paris | Map It

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This beautiful church has been visited by several popes, owing to the fact that Ste-Geneviève, the patron saint of Paris, is buried here. The chaotic combination of the building's Gothic, Renaissance, and early Baroque styles contrasts with the cold and pure classicism of the Panthéon. St-Etienne contains the only rood screen in Paris—a masterwork of carved knot work dating from 1525—and the church's organ is the oldest in the city, from 1631. An archbishop of Paris was stabbed to death here in 1857 by a defrocked priest angry over church celibacy laws. Look for the marker in the floor near the entrance.

  • Metro: Cardinal Lemoine
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