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Religion: Religion of Pain (Bread)
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  • Updated By BeatChick on April 13, 2008
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  • Man with baguette - Cité Florale - Paris
    Man with baguette - Cité
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    Eat bread like a Parisian
    Parisians LOVE bread. You may think it stereotypical for them to be portrayed carrying a baguette munching it while walking thru the streets but this image of them still holds true. I snapped a photo of a Parisian in the Cité Florale area of the 13th arrondissement (as typical a Parisian area as you can find) carrying a baguette of bread home.

    Try Poilâne’s (Lionel) at 8 rue du Cherche-Midi (a veritable shrine to bread) for a small round of their trademark sourdough (my favorite is with walnuts). While there buy one of their lovely signature linen bags either for yourself (to tote future bread) or for a friend; the emblem "Poilâne" is embroidered simply & elegantly on the side.

    Photos: November 2007 & April 2003

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    Religion: *MY* Local Custom is attending church in Paris
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  • Updated By shrimp56 on April 9, 2007
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  • The famous organ at St Eustache - Paris
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    While I am semi-religious and do enjoy the faith aspects of attending a church service in a foreign country, I also go for the music, the architecture and the ambiance. I mean how else do you get to sit quietly [well stand sometimes] in Notre Dame or St. Eustache for a hour without feeling like a total tourist.
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    For the record I have attended various church services not only in Paris, but in Great Britain, Hungary, Germany, Belgium, Macedonia and Czech Republic.
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    This last time in St. Eustache I was there for the famous organ as well as the service. I noted that there were many more locals than tourists and, although the ages were on the upside, there was a real sense of a lively parish church. Please enjoy my pictures of the church and get yourself over there some Sunday for a super church-going experience. Note: All pictures were taken AFTER the service.

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    Religion: Organ Auditions at Notre Dame (& Saint Eustache)
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  • By OrlandoBR on January 14, 2003
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  • Religion - Paris
    by OrlandoBR
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    One of the most enjoyable things to do in Paris is to attend the organ auditions at the Cathedral of Notre Dame. The place gets crowded and the tourists keep going around, in respectful silence. Nobody reacts with indifference to the sound of such a wonderful instrument. It sends chills up your spine when the lower keys make the ground shake and it seem like the all the glasses will break.

    I find it best when my favorite Bach chorals are on the program, bien sûr...

    There is another fantastic instrument at Saint Eustache (Les Halles) with regular organ recitals every Sunday. It's inconveniently scheduled for 5:15pm, so there's never time to run from Notre Dame to see it too.

    Every Sunday at 4:30pm, Cathédrale de Notre-Dame.

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    Religion: Grande Mosquée de Paris
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  • By Imbi on January 7, 2003
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  • Religion - Paris
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    The Great Mosk was built on a site which had been given by the city in 1922 in remembrance of the muslim soldiers who died during the First World War. With an exotic Hispano-Moresque style, the Mosk is dominated by a 33 metre-high minaret and has a central green patio with North-African decorations. The building includes a hammam, a restaurant and a café where you can enjoy, while sitting in the shade of the tree, traditional pastries and mint tea.

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    Religion: 3 Parisian nuns
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  • Updated By Jenniflower on May 7, 2006
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  • Couldn't resisit this picture! :) - Paris
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    In the same little garden near Notre Dame, we had some lunch and noticed these 3 nuns eating theirs :)

    We find this photograph quite symbolic - how some people view religion.

    A special thank you to BeatChick for telling me the name of this park! :)

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    Religion: The Assumption of Mary
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  • By Pieter11 on October 15, 2005
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  • Holy Mary leaving into the church - Paris
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    In Catholicism religion, August 15 is the Holy Day of the celebration of the of Assumption of Holy Mary. After her "earthly life" she went to heaven to be reunited with Jesus Christ.
    Although nothing is certain about the day or even year that Mary died, all around the world people celebrate her "departure" on this particular date.

    At August 15, around 18:00, I was in front of the Notre Dame. Purely by coincidence this celebration just began. A huge, and beautiful statue of Mary was carried inside the church and hundreds of religious people followed her. It was an impressive experience to see so many people, singing together. Even after most of the people went inside, you could still follow the mass, because loudspeakers let it hear all over the square in front of the church.

    If you are in Paris at the 15th of August, you should definitely go the the Notre Dame around 18:00 to experience this celebration.

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    Religion: Light a candle ...
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  • Updated By shrimp56 on August 7, 2005
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  • St. Germain de Près - Paris
    St. Germain de Près
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    In every church you enter you will see a bank of lighted candles. These can be in memory [as these are in St. Germain de Près], or as a offering to a saint in thanks or in hope ... They usually cost around 1 euro.

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    Religion: You should really not miss to...
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  • By theskydancer on August 26, 2002
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  • Religion - Paris
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    You should really not miss to climb on top of the Notre-Dame Cathedral... not only you can have wonderful aerial views of Paris but you can also admire the really interesting 'gargoeuils' (i hope the spelling is correct, i'm not originally french). They are a collection of really bizarre monsters/devils

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    Religion: This is the Magdalena Basilica...
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  • Updated By Kodi01 on August 26, 2002
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  • Magdalen Basilica - Paris
    Magdalen Basilica
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    This is the Magdalena Basilica which I got to see a concert The Paris Symphany and Orchestra put on a show in tribute for the 9-11 tragedy.

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    Religion: Cathedrale de Norte Dame (Ile...
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  • Updated By KiNyA on August 25, 2002
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  • Religion - Paris
    by KiNyA
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    Cathedrale de Norte Dame (Ile de la Cite) is one of the most impressive buildings in Paris. It is built in fantastic style so you can just look and look again. You must visit…

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