Musée Maillol, Ste. Clotilde and another Paris Walk
It's fun to fit Paris Walks into regular sightseeing. It's also fun to get sidetracked occasionally and find things we haven't seen before. We also got a free glance at Rodin's "Burghers of Calais" through the glass wall by the Rodin Museum.
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Corner Café - Paris
Musée Maillol - Collection of Emil Bührle
May 27, 2019 — Day 18 (Monday)
We took the #83 bus to the Varenne-Raspail stop and walked over to rue de Grenelle to the Musée Maillol where we heard there was a very nice exhibit of the collection of Emil Bührle that included Manet, Degas, Renoir, Cézanne, Gauguin, Van Gogh, Modigliani and Picasso among others. We arrived to a line but it moved quickly and we were soon inside enjoying the exhibit. They have completely renovated the museum since our last visit in 2014. Except for the very thick crowds and their cell phones, it was a great experience. We decided to eat in the Café des Frères Prévert at the museum. We had the salmon and it was quite good.
Emil Bühlre Collection Special Exhibit
at the Maillol Museum in Paris
Gauguin and Sisley from the Bürhle Collection Exhibit
at the Maillol Museum in Paris
Enjoying Pissarro
Two paintings by Picasso - two different styles
Café des Frères Prévert at the Musée Maillol in Paris
Detail on the Entry of Ste. Clotilde Church in Paris
After lunch we started on one of Ed’s Paris Walks that went down rue de Grenelle and got sidetracked when we spotted the spires of Ste. Clotilde and made a detour to revisit it. They now have a lovely multilingual greeter who gave us some pamphlets before turning us loose in the beautiful neo-Gothic church. When we left, we walked through the pretty Square Samuel Rousseau in front of the church, paid homage to César Franck’s statue and then walked back to rue de Grenelle to continue our walk.
Main Aisle - Basilica Ste. Clotilde in Paris
Sculpture Basilica Ste. Clotilde in Paris
Rose Window at Basilica Ste. Clotilde in Paris
Sculpture of Ste. Bathilde at Basilica Ste. Clotilde in Paris
Stained Glass Window at Basilica Ste. Clotilde in Paris
Main Altar at Basilica Ste. Clotilde in Paris
The Cavaillé-Coll Organ at Basilica Ste. Clotilde in Paris
Ste. Clothilde Church on Square Samuel Rousseau in Paris
Statue of composer César Franck in Square Samuel Rousseau
Invalides with the Eiffel Tower in the Distance
We passed the Rodin Museum glancing through the glass wall at “The Burghers of Calais” and walked on to Invalides. Went around Invalides at Place Vauban and on to a little café by the La Tour Maubourg Metro stop and had a kir. My phone told us Metro #7 was “perturbed” so we started a search for the bus #83 stop at Invalides. Had no luck finding the bus stop so checked the phone again and Metro #7 was open so we went back and hopped the Metro #8 to Opera and #7 to home.
We thoroughly surprised our boulanger when we got a small pizza instead of our usual half baguette. The pizza was a fun change. We’re going to try Montmartre sightseeing tomorrow.
Paris Sight-seeing Bus (there are several)
Invalides in Paris
Grand Palais from Invalides in Paris
Posted by Beausoleil 13:07 Archived in France Tagged churches museums paris france rodin maillol
Ste Clotilde Church looks wonderful. Enjoy.
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