7 Paris 1er arrondissement Eglise Saint-Germain L'Auxerrois
Information in English Saint-Germain_l%27Auxerrois Information in French Eglise_Saint-Germain-l%27Auxerrois_de_Paris Information in Spanish Iglesia_de_Saint-Germain-l%27Auxerrois_de_Par%C3%ADs Information in Chinese https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Just across the road from the Louvre museum, I bet this church is often missed. But it is well worth a visit. The "Father of French journalism" is buried here : he died in 1653, and there is still a literary award named after him. ( see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Th%C3%A9ophraste_Renaudot ) There is also a very pretty "VIP pew" in here, and a lovely wall collection box. The first church on the site was destroyed by the Vikings in the 9th century. The present one almost got demolished in the 19th century renovation of Paris. Apparently, the bells of this church were used to call people to attack the protestants on the night of the terrible Saint Barthelemew massacre in 1...