150 Churches in Paris and elsewhere

Paris 9th arrondissement. Notre dame de Lorette Neoclassical church finished in the 1830s, very nice baptismal chapel. In 1902, the slogan ‘liberté, égalité et fraternité’ was put up above the door. The church has a series of four chapels each dedicated to one of the smash hit sacraments – baptism, marriage, communion and the sacrament of anointing the sick. And there is a series of paintings of key moments in the life of Mary (the day the angel came to call, etc.) Bizet and Monet were both baptized in this church. I particularly liked the wooden pulpit, and the chunky canopy over the altar. On the notice board there waas a poster in support of the beatification of five priests who were executed as hostages at the time of the Paris Commune of 1871, in retaliation for the killing of Commune activists.   Information in French Info rmation in English

  It was last September that I was in Lisbon and able to visit a few churches there. This is the Basilica Estrela, dedicated to the sacred heart of Jesus and built at the end of the 18th century. Bit of fancy Baroque, plenty of neoclassical. Fine marble mosaic floors. Information in English Information in Portuguese Information in Ukrainian