inSPIREd Sunday

View from the roof of the Printemps 
department store in Paris:
Sainte-Trinité and Sacré Coeur.

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inSPIREd Sunday

Here's the beautiful dome of Sacré Coeur
in Paris.  This shot was taken a few
years ago and I'm a bit sad to report that
when I was last there (in July) they
had outlawed photography in the church
altogether.  Maybe that's not a bad
thing (it is a church, after all), though I'm
sure it was the "flashers" who precipitated that
new rule.  You know who you are!

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inSPIREd Sunday

One more reason I love my loooong lens:
The view of Sacré Coeur (and to the left of it
Saint-Pierre-de-Montmartre, the oldest church in Paris)
seen from the terrace of the Musée D'Orsay

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in SPIREd Sunday

Here are the spires of Sacré Coeur seen peeking out from
behind the buildings on the rue du Chevalier de la Barre.  The
street was named for a nobleman who was tortured and 
executed at age 20 in 1766.  I won't go into detail but it was definitely
a case of "overkill."  Among his "crimes": not doffing his hat as
a religious procession passed him, singing impious songs,
and having a copy of Voltaire's Dictionnaire Philosophique.

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Happy Easter

. . . to all of you who are celebrating today!

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ABC Wednesday—S is for "Sacré Coeur"

Don't know if I'll make it up to Montmartre
this trip—but even if I do, I doubt the
church will be set off by a beautiful blue sky
like this one.  (This shot was taken in July.)
Frankly, I'll be happy with lots of clouds and no rain!

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Thursday Challenge — "lights"

Beaucoup de lumiere here at Sacré Coeur, in Paris.
They just seem to go on forever, n'est-ce pas?

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