150 Churches in Paris and elsewhere

 Information in English here:  Saint-Eustache, Paris - Wikipedia   Informations en français  Église Saint-Eustache de Paris — Wikipédia (wikipedia.org) For the longest time, this was the parish church for the huge wholesale food market next door: hence this sculpture in the church. Another link with the food market - some of the chapels were funded by trade groups. This is the pork-butchers' chapel, for example. It goes back a long way. A painting of the figure of temperance The church is not very long, but it is very high indeed. Politician Colbert was buried here in the 17th century. These days a controversial figure. He waas heavily involved in the organization of slavery, and as a result there have been successful campaigns to change the names of some of the schools etc named after him. Nevertheless there are still many streets bearing his name. Prudence