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A rather odd-looking church to crown Paris, it was built under Mac-Mahon following the popular uprising of ''la commune'' to reestablish moral order and monarchy. It is difficult to put it one side or the other: Kitsch or architectural masterpiece, perpetual adoration or touristic trap, national penance or national sin. | A rather odd-looking church to crown Paris, it was built under Mac-Mahon following the popular uprising of ''la commune'' to reestablish moral order and monarchy. It is difficult to put it one side or the other: Kitsch or architectural masterpiece, perpetual adoration or touristic trap, national penance or national sin. | ||
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Revision as of 23:09, 15 March 2013
Paris
Paris, the capital of France.
I had a very mild version of Paris syndrome (see here for a better description). Interestingly, not the very first time that I went there—this was with my father—but I believe on the third visit. The city suddenly appeared gross to me, dirty, full of obnoxious and arrogant people. A deep, complete, total disappointment of this place and its people. I can certainly understand it reaches traumatic proportions for delicate foreign visitors.
The most beautiful tribute to Paris that I know is Brel's les prénoms de Paris:
- Et savoir que demain
- Sera comme aujourd'hui
- C'est Paris merveilleux
All tributes to Paris are tributes to love [1].
Sacré-Cœur
A rather odd-looking church to crown Paris, it was built under Mac-Mahon following the popular uprising of la commune to reestablish moral order and monarchy. It is difficult to put it one side or the other: Kitsch or architectural masterpiece, perpetual adoration or touristic trap, national penance or national sin.
Le Sacré-Cœur (and Fabrice)
Closer view (with Elena)
The people up there.
From below.
Paris as seen by the Sacré-Cœur. On the right, hiding in the shadows of light, the Tour Montparnasse...
that you see again here.
Visits on 2 August (2006) and then again on 16 February (2013).