The Church du Saint Esprit of Paris !!!

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Here is my continuing journey in my eternal Paris as I can’t be too far away from  Paris  and I need to bring up new pictures gladly found in my cd rom vault that should be in my blog for you and me.  This is wonderful and glad found me the pictures, an off the beaten path jewel worth the detour. Therefore, here is my take on the Church du Saint Esprit of Paris !!! Hope you enjoy this post as I,

The Church du Saint-Esprit or of the Holy Spirit is located in the 12éme arrondissement of Paris. Its main entrance is at 186 Avenue Daumesnil; there is another entrance at 1 Rue Cannebière. The church is accessible by metro lines 6 and 8 at the Daumesnil station and by metro line 8 at the Michel Bizot station.

The architecture of the Church of the Holy Spirit, with its striking juxtaposition of Byzantine influence and reinforced concrete, is unique. Built entirely of reinforced concrete clad on the exterior with Burgundy bricks, the church has a square nave topped by a dome measuring 22 meters in diameter and 33 meters high. The bell tower, 85 meters high, the most recent construction completed in 1963, houses four bells and living quarters.

The Church du Saint Esprit is endowed with a significant heritage of religious works of art. All the frescoes are linked by a single concept: the spread of the Holy Spirit in human history. They recount the key elements of the history of the Church from Pentecost to the 20C through two themes: the history of the Church Militant and that of the Church Triumphant. The Ateliers d’art sacré or the Sacred Art Workshops were created in 1919 by Maurice Denis and Georges Desvallières. Their purpose was not only to train and instruct, but also to produce works of art for the service of God. Their method: to innovate in the different arts (painting, sculpture, stained glass and furniture). Here Maurice Denis painted Pentecost on dry plaster and George Desvallières the Stations of the Cross on mounted canvas. The organ, built in 1934, was inaugurated in December 1934.

A bit of history I like tell us that to respond to the strong population growth in the area after the Great War or WWI, the decision was taken in 1928 to build a new place of worship. The construction of the Church of the Holy Spirit was initiated by Cardinal Verdier, known as “the archbishop of a hundred churches”, in reference to the Chantiers du Cardinal, a social and religious organization he founded in 1931, which was intended to build churches in working-class neighborhoods and create jobs in the context of the economic crisis of the 1930s. The church was completed in 1935. It is the most important achievement of the Chantiers du Cardinal.

The parish of the Church du Saint Esprit on its history : https://www.st-esprit.org/notre-paroisse/#histoire

The Paris tourist office on the Church du Saint Esprit : https://parisjetaime.com/eng/culture/paroisse-du-saint-esprit-p1257

There you go folks, truly another jewel in my eternal Paris, on the off the beaten path worth the detour, me think. The wonderful monuments of Paris always something to be amazed, and we love it. Again,hope you enjoy this post on the Church du Saint Esprit of Paris !!! as I

And remember ,happy travels, good health, and many cheers to all !!!

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I am a lover of travels to Europe , Americas , Africa and Asia as well ,who like to share my experiences of the last 53 years with the world, visiting so far 81 countries; living in 6, working in 5, and Citizen of 4, speaking fluently 4 languages. I can deal with sports especially football/soccer and love music, arts, wine collector/drinker, and go out to restaurants, and just visit the world. My background comes all the way from Candelaria and Pajara in Tenerife, Spain where my grandparents came from ;not knowing each other then, to Punta Brava, west of Havana, Cuba. There , my parents born in Cuba met and later on I was born there too. 100% guanche (annexed Tenerife to Spain on April 10 ,1496). I left Cuba as many have to Madrid, Spain where I lived for 4 years. Then, move to Perth Amboy ,New Jersey USA (living there 13 yrs) ; where I completed high school, became a US Citizen, learned to drive a car, and learned English. Afterward, went to the university in Florida, ERAU, and upon graduation decided to moved there to Ormond by the Sea, near Daytona Beach, finally moving North Miami, then Hialeah, then another moved to Silver Lakes division in Miramar, Broward county, Florida; in Florida I lived a total of 18 years. Finally , moved to France in 2003 ,Versailles call me for its royalty, and working in Paris was great. It was time to seek frontiers again and moved to Brech near Auray, Morbihan in Brittany , and later move to not too far Pluvigner. Total so far in France has been 20 years, and counting. Moving average a home every 5.5 years hopefully this will be my last. Cheers All rights reserved. No part of this blog may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means or stored in a retrieval system of any nature, without the written permission of the copyright holder, me. No part of this work may be modified, without the written permission of the holder, me.No part of this work may be exposed to public view in any form or by any means, without identifying the holder as the author, and with the before mentioned permission.

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