150 Churches in Paris and elsewhere

  180 Paris, St Vincent de Paul : a pulpit you would kill to preach from Magnificent church, in particular with beautiful frescoes (Jesus getting baptized, the last supper, creation of Eve etc). Also highly imposing confessionals, and a pulpit you would kill to preach from (well, figuratively speaking). Gilded pillars and crucifixes and a royal blue background for the stations of the cross.  Named for St Vincent de Paul, 17th century holy man heavily into charity, and who worked hard for the men in the harshest prisons of the time, the church recently celebrated its two hundredth birthday, but I think it is the anniversary of the laying of the first stone. The parish was created by decree in the month of Messidor, in the year 12 (in the time when the French revolutionaries were thinking “the world is completely new now, so we need a new calendar and ten-hour clocks”). Twenty years or so later the church was started. Big chunks were inspired by Greek temple architecture. Top au...