Notre Dame du Travail - Built by Eiffel Tower workers
We did Paris Walk #35 through Montparnasse today and visited a fascinating church built by men who worked on the Eiffel Tower. It was different and amazing . . . and also very beautiful.
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Mon Jardin Secret on rue Daguerre and a curious market dog
May 23, 2019 — Day 14 (Thursday)
Upholstery and furniture repair in front of a boucherie on market day
Paris Walk #35 today. We set out to explore the 14th arrondissement so started with a Metro ride to Denfert-Rochereau. We had a bit of trouble finding rue Daguerre because of major construction in the area, but we finally found it and got started. The described street market was there but the stores and cafés suggested were all gone. I had been looking forward to Monsieur Lapin and having rabbit for lunch. It had been replaced by a very expensive restaurant and no rabbit. We walked around looking for lunch and ended up near Montparnasse and found Ernest on rue du Commandant René Mouchotte and they had rabbit as their daily special. Hooray! [35 Rue du Commandant René Mouchotte, 75014 Paris, tel: +33 (0)1 4322-2012; no web site] I ordered the rabbit and Ed got magret de Canard. Both were excellent and I got ice cream for dessert while Ed got a Coupe de Chanoine with cassis sorbet drowned in cassis. Wow! [Chanoine or Canon Félix Kir, maire or mayor of Dijon in 1945 invented the kir.]
Rue Daguerre Market - interesting hat
The Eiffel Tower from Place de Catalogne near Montparnasse station
The restaurant Ernest at 33 rue du Commandant-René-Mouchotte near Montparnasse
Street sign for rue Vercingétorix in the 14th arrondissement of Paris
After lunch we set my phone to get us to Église Notre-Dame-du-Travail at 59 rue Vercingétorix. The inside pillars and arches are made of iron beams like the Eiffel Tower . . . built by Eiffel Tower workers. It sounds ghastly but it works. The side chapels are painted with pastel vines and flowers, a perfect foil for the very heavy iron pillars and arches. The church is filled with art from the 19th to the 21st century including the marble Notre Dame du Travail by Henri Taillefert in 1898, The Creative Hand by Michel Serraz, a Pieta and the Virgin of the Redemption by Georges Serraz, Christ in Glory and Dove of Peace by Jean-Jacques Bris in metal and the double cross by Tanguy Lefébure and Thomas de Lussac, cousins.
Notre Dame du Travail built by Eiffel Tower workers
Main Aisle - Église Notre-Dame-du-Travail in Paris
The Creative Hand by Michel Serraz
Pieta by Georges Serraz - 20th century
Christ on the Cross by Charles Correia
Virgin of the Redemption by Georges Serraz - wood carving
Notre Dame du Travail by Joseph Lefèvre standing under the Dove of Peace by Jean-Jacques Bris
Christ in Glory by Jean-Jacques Bris
The Cross, by cousins Tanguy Lefébure and Thomas de Lussac
Square du Cardinal Wyszynski across from Notre Dame du Travail
We walked across the street to the very peaceful park and claimed a seat to plan our trip back to our apartment. We programmed my phone to get us to the pretty rue des Thermopyles and then walked to the Plaisance Metro station where we started the trip home.
Small Paris grocery store on rue Daguerre
Time for a kir . . .
Arrived at our stop and walked to our boulanger to discover it is closed on Thursday. Oops! Instead we stopped at Cave Bourgogne for a kir . . . great substitute!
Tomorrow – Chartres.
Posted by Beausoleil 13:20 Archived in France Tagged churches paris france eiffel montparnasse
I know how you feel, finding a place because of constructon work. My street is closed for major road works. Nice blog thanks.
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