Churches in Paris and elsewhere

This church is not far behind the Eiffel Tower. Its name at first sight appears to be « Saint Peter of the big pebble ». In fact « gros caillou » is the name of the neighbourhood, no doubt going back to a well known rocky milestone back in the day. Initially a church was built for this neighbourhood in the 18th century. When the French Revolution came it was almost finished, but got demolished. A few decades later a new church was built. Two noteworthy things about it – the first Mayor of revolutionary Paris is buried here, and the confessionals were designed … by a protestant. The four bells are named Clémence, Constance, Patience and Prudence. Clémence is the fattest and weighs fifteen and a half hundredweight. Information in French Information in Czech

 As I mentioned before, the blog is about churches because that's what I know,  because there's lots of them about, and because they have a particularly theatrical tradition, more so than most other holy buildings. But today a guest appearance from synagogues. The "Museum of Israel" in Jerusalem bought up and transported four synagogues from different parts of the world, and they make up a whole wing of the museum, entitled "The Synagogue Route". Now, I know next to nothing about synagogues, so cannot comment much. The museum site explains "The synagogue from Vittorio Veneto, a small town in northern Italy, was built in 1700. Its interior is elegantly decorated in typical Italian Baroque style, reminiscent of a reception room in an aristocrat’s palace.  The Kadavumbagam synagogue from the town of Cochin in southern India, built in the 16th century is a wooden structure, with an exquisitely carved and painted ceiling directly influenced by the decoration