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hquittner Says: The Archbishop's Palace is next to the church (south). It is a fine mid-13C structure with Burgundian colored tile roof and fine windows on the west face that were restored by Viollet-le-Duc. It houses a consolidation of two Regional museums (we did not visit these because...
St. Stephen's: Very Old Stained Glass Windows
hquittner Says: Very old 12C stained glass windows have been preserved at Sens. (It helps to know what stories to identify in each window and how to identify each one). We did not find such assistance and these are guesses. The richness of the colors here has never been surpassed.
See The Flamboyant Gothic Transepts
hquittner Says: In 1500 Sens was still an influential ecclesiastical city with an Archbishop. Fontainbleau was active nearby and Paris was a small place (the modern Louvre as a palace was only started in 1545). In 1489 the Archbishop engaged Martin Chambiges to draw up designs for the...
hquittner Says: This is the first Gothic nave. It came about starting in 1142. The church had burned down in 1120 and rebuilding was soon started under Archbishop Henri le Sanglier . The outer walls were started in Romanesque style using the old stones (see a similar beginning and...
Look at St. Stephen's Cathedral
hquittner Says: The Cathedral of St. Stephen's is the first Gothic Cathedral. (See our Intro for why it came first). The facade was finished last in the 1170's after the nave. There were fine column statues in the embrasures of the central portal but these were destroyed during the...
vodkablim Says: I've eat here one time but i 'll remenber all my life. Maybe it's because, the first time i eat Kangaroos. Very good, but a little expansive. Kangaroos whith musroom and choux !!!
vodkablim Says: In Sens there are two main night club. The two are sharing their population every Year. I explain: One year the best is La Centrale (ex: Eclipse), next year it's the Atlantide wich is most popular. I dont know in this time which on is the best.If you want having good time, i...
The Market Goes On in Bad Weather
hquittner Says: This market emphasizes soft goods and apparatus needed by local people. Imagine buying a suit in the rain! It is obvious that there is little tourist trade here (after all my Tips are the first on Sens and VT is in its eighth year). We were quite damp by the time we found...
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I've eat here one time but i 'll remenber all my life. Maybe it's because, the first time i eat Kangaroos. Very good, but a little expansive. Kangaroos whith...
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The First Gothic Cathedral Is in Sens
We have visited Sens (pop. 27K) only once and that was long ago. It was our first stop in Burgundy by car with my wife's sister (head of an English department ina private academy). We were relatively...
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I'd nerver lived in this city but it's where I start to have real fun. In fact i study for my "Bacaloreat" (quivalent to A-level) there. So every weekend i were going out with friend in night cluc,...
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