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Attractions & Activities: Churches
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St-Etienne-du-Mont
Once there was an abbey on this site, founded by Clovis and later dedicated to St. Geneviève, the patroness of Paris. Such was the fame of this popular saint that the abbey proved too small to accommodate the pilgrimage crowds. Now part of the Lycée Henri IV, the Tower of Clovis is all that remains of the ancient abbey (you can see the Tower from rue Clovis). Today the task of keeping her cult alive has fallen on this church on place St. Geneviève, practically adjoining the Panthéon. The interior is Gothic, an unusual style for a 16th-century church. Construction on the present building began in 1492 and was plagued by delays until the structure was finished, 134 years later, in 1626. Besides the patroness of Paris, such men as Pascal and Racine were entombed in the church. Though St. Geneviève's tomb was destroyed during the Revolution, the stone on which her coffin rested was discovered later, and her relics were gathered for a place of honor at St. Etienne.
Place St-Geneviève, 5e
Phone: 01-43-54-11-79 .
Open: Sept-June Mon-Sat 8:30am-noon and 2-7pm, Sun 8:30am-noon and 3-7:15pm; July-Aug Tues-Sun 10am-noon and 4-7pm.
Métro: Cardinal-Lemoine or Luxembourg.
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