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 Tour St-Jacques by easyoar
Queen Victoria of Britain passed by this tower in the mid 1800s, and gave her name to a nearby street "Avenue Victoria". I think given normal Anglo-French relations over the years, there are not too many British people commemorated in France!
Please note however that this Tower is NOT open to the public. Leave a Comment Directions: Metro Chatelet
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The Tower was built in the beginning of XVI century. It is one more bright sample of a "burning" gothic style. There are a lot of windows, alternating niches, spikes and turrets on which sculptures are installed. At the top of the Tower - Sacred Jacque's statue. Directions: Metro Chatelet
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 La Tour Saint Jacques by uglyscot
Inside is a statue of Pascal who made experiments on atmospheric pressure here. Leave a Comment Directions: Metro Chatelet
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 St Jacques by luke850Leave a Comment Directions: Chatelet metro
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La Tour Saint-Jacques is an early 16th century Gothic-style tower in the heart of Paris. The tower is all that remains from a church, église Saint-Jacques de la Boucherie, which was demolished at the end of the 18th century. It has become a symbol of this part of Paris. Due to its fragile state, the tower has been undergoing restoration work for some time now and has been shrouded in scaffolding. Only recently was the top part of the tower exposed. On my visit in October 2008, the restoration work had ended and the entire tower exposed. Directions: Metro Chatelet
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“Paris sera toujours Paris.” (“Paris will always be Paris.”) — sung by Maurice Chevalier (1888-1972); lyrics by Albert Willemetz; music by C. Oberfeld, 1939
The Flamboyant Gothic Tour Saint-Jacques is all that remains of église de Saint-Jacques-la-Boucherie, Saint James of the Butchery. The church served the wholesale butchers of Les Halles, a nearby market that no longer exists. It stands 171 feet tall.
Built between 1509 and 1523 and dedicated to Saint James the Great, it welcomed pilgrims from the north on their way to Santiago de Compostela. At the four corners of the Tower’s roof line (see photo #2) stand the four symbols of the Evangelists, the angel for St. John; the lion for St. Mark; the bull for St. Luke; and the eagle for St. Matthew. The rich Flamboyant Gothic decoration (see photo #3) was among the last of its kind as the Italian Renaissance influence in architecture spread throughout France and Europe during the 16th century. The church was demolished in 1797.
Bought by the city in 1836, the tower was declared un monument Historique in 1862, when the small park that surrounds the tower was added.
Blaise Pascal conducted experiments on atmospheric pressure here. Today, there is a meteorological laboratory at the top of the tower. The Tower has undergone a major restoration over the past five years, which was just nearing completion at our July 2008 visit. Leave a Comment Directions: Metro Chatelet
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All that remains of an early 15C Flamboyant Gothic Church is the Bell-Tower (171 ft high). The church was destroyed during the Revolution. This was the starting point of the the Northern pilgrims who grouped together here to go to Santiago de Compostella. The travellers crossed the Petit Pont and continued up the rue St.-Jacques going South out of town. Blaise Pascal, the physicist and mathematician (inventing a form of integral calculus) performed experiments on atmospheric pressure on this spot. A memorial statue to him stands beneath the tower arch. Leave a Comment Directions: Metro Chatelet
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