Exploring the Architectural Marvels of Paris
Visits:
Early Gothic Paris: 3 July
Basilica of St.-Denis, the site originated as a Gallo-Roman cemetery in late Roman times. The archaeological remains still lie beneath. The cathedral became a place of pilgrimage for French Kings.
Architect:
Patron: French Kings
Style: Gothic
Century: finished: 1144, every king from 10th – 18th.
High Gothic Paris & Rayonnant: 4 July
Cluny Museum, The museum is built atop the ancient Thermes de Cluny, baths from the Roman era of Gaul.
Architect:
Patron:
Style: combines Gothic and Renaissance
Century: hotel de Cluny 14th – 17th
Sainte-Chapelle (royal chapel), It was commissioned by King Louis IX of France to house his collection of Passion relics, including Christ’s Crown of Thorns.
Architect:
Patron: Kings of France
Style: Rayonnant period of French Gothic
Century: completed In 12th century
Late Gothic (Flamboyant) to Early Renaissance Paris: 8 July
St.-Eustache,
Many celebrated Parisians are connected with the Church of St. Eustache. Louis XIV made his First Communion there in 1649.
Architect:
Patron: Sainte-Agnes, Roman martyr
Style: Façade is Gothic, inside is Renaissance and classical styles.
Century: The church became the parish church of the Les Halles area in 1223 and was renamed Saint-Eustache in 1303. Completed in 16th century.
Fountain of the Innocents, The fountain was commissioned as part of the decoration of the city to commemorate the solemn royal entry of King Henry II into Paris in 1549.
Architect:
Patron: solemn royal entry of King Henry II into Paris in 1549.
Style: new style of the French Renaissance.
Century: was constructed 15th century
Renaissance Paris: 9 July
Marais I: Hôtel Carnavalet (courtyard), In the courtyard, a magnificent sculpture of Louis XIV, the Sun King, greets the visitor
Architect:
Patron: Jacques des Ligneris, President of the Parliament of Paris
Style: Renaissance
Century: finished in 15th century
Hôtel Lamoignon: Since 1969 it has been the home of the Bibliothèque Historique de la Ville de Paris. Vigorous movement of construction of hôtels particuliers and wealthy townhouses followed in the Saint-Paul quarter, which set up the Marais as the most favoured Parisian neighbourhood by the high nobility.
Architect:
Patron: Francis I
Style: Hôtel particulier, Renaissance
Century: late 16th century
Place des Vosges, originally place royale is the oldest planned square in Paris, France. It was a fashionable and expensive square to live in during the 17th and 18th centuries, and one of the central reasons of the fashionable nature of Le Marais for the Parisian nobility.
Architect:
Patron: Parisian Nobility
Style: Gothic complex
Century: 17th – 18th
Hôtel de Sully, is a Louis XIII style hôtel particulier, or private mansion. The site was chosen to give access to the Place Royale – today the Place des Vosges.
Architect:
Patron: for the wealthy financier Mesme Gallet
Style: Louis XIII style
Century: 16th century
King Henri IV: the First Urban Planner, and the Beginnings of Baroque: 10 July
Marais II: St.-Gervais-St.-Protais church, namely a basilica which found the existence at the end of the iv th century, it is thereby the oldest parish on the right bank of the Seine.
Architect:
Patron: monastic fraternities of Jerusalem, which gather monks and nuns, who live the spirit of monastic solitude in the heart of the big cities.
Style: Flamboyant Gothic Classicism
Century: started 14th, finished end of 17th century
Timber-framed houses on rue François Miron, been entirely restored in 1967 to make reappear the timber frames, the medieval style shops as well as its gables.
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Style:
Century: from 15th century
Hôtel de Beauvais, is a hôtel particulier, a kind of large townhouse of France. Catherine Beauvais was the first lady to Anne of Austria, and was rumored to have provided Louis XIV with his first heterosexual experience
Architect:
Patron: for Catherine Beauvais in 1657
Style: Eclectic French Baroque architecture.
Century: completed 16th century
St.-Paul-St.-Louis, Catholic Church. Its design included traditional French elements as well as others inspired by Italy. Also, it can easily be compared to the Gesu in Rome
Architect:
Patron: on the orders of Louis XIII of France
Style: French Gothic Architecture
Century: 16th century.