Neo-classical Saint-Symphorien church stands in the Montreuil part of town. It was built by architect Louis-François Trouard from 1764 to 1770, at the time, Montreuil was a suburb of Versailles.------------------------------------------
L'église néo-classique Saint-Symphorien, dans le quartier de Montreuil, a été construite par l'architecte Louis-François Trouard de 1764 à 1770 dans ce qui n'était à l'époque qu'un faubourg de Versailles.
Beautiful neo-classical church, but where do they find a saint with a name like that? Montreuil like Mairie de Montreuil the terminus of the line 9 of the metro?
ReplyDeleteWe must have had churches on our minds today. I like yours a lot better than mine, though! Neo-classical? I know from nothing. It looks Greek to me. But a lot of things are Greek to me!
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Very impressive looking church. People certainly took things like that much more seriously in previous centuries. I like the movable planter by the light pole, it adds a nice touch to the otherwise sea of stone and concrete.
ReplyDeleteWe have a church with similar architecture here. I wonder if it was copied from this church.
ReplyDeleteSharon
cela ressemble plus à un temple, c'est impressionnant. Bon Weekend, en esperant que tu pourras quand meme profiter de la fete de la musique
ReplyDelete@VP: yes, same name but not same place!
ReplyDeleteJ'espère ne pas y retourner de sitôt : l'unique fois ce fut pour une cérémonie de funéraille...
ReplyDeleteBeautiful columns!Great shot Ciel!
ReplyDeleteHave a nice weekend dear friend and be always happy!
Léia
purrs and love
Luna(from Brazil)
Very impressive. MB
ReplyDeleteBon week-end, repose les genoux ! take care !
ReplyDeleteVery nice church. Hope you get some rest this weekend. I know I need some!
ReplyDeleted'accord avec olivier. je préfère la photo d'hier...magnifique!
ReplyDeletebises de bretagne où je finis mon tour dans ta ville
Once again alluring photos urging me to consider seeing France again before I am too old and feeble! Thanks for being a frequent visitor to my site also. fondly, Lee
ReplyDeleteIt's beautiful! Also love the house on the left.
ReplyDeleteIf you didn't say it was a church, I would have thought this was a museum or town hall. Fascinating. Love those columns!
ReplyDeleteLovely. And built a good 30 or 40 years before my town (East Gwillimbury) was settled by Europeans!
ReplyDeleteIs this within walking distance of the Versailles palace? I seem to remember something like it very close by. It's lovely.
ReplyDelete@Petrea: depends what you call walking distance! My guess is it would actually be about a 1/2 hour walk.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Ciel. I think the one we saw was closer. Just as pretty, though!
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