We made it to Saint Sulpice, and its a good thing too, because a few more steps probably would have been the death of us in that terrible heat. Unfortunately, just as we got there, the doors slammed shut, causing us to miss out on the Delacroix paintings, the rose line, and the obelisque that are inside. This was enough to frustrate us quite a bit, so we left in a bit of a huff. I guess we are still accustomed to our museum/sight-seeing time out in Washington DC, where every building and monument had free admission and didn't close at the most inconvenient and random of times. At any rate, here's a picture that Sara took of the façade, notice that the spire on the left is still broken and in a cast. Also, please enjoy this internet picture of the gnomon inside the chruch. It was used as an ancient calendar, in conjunction with a series of lenses which caused a s
un ray to run along the brass line, reaching the tip of the obelisque at noon on the spring equinox. All you faitful Da Vinci Code fans know all about this. I may have mentioned this before, but there's a big sign up by the obelisque that pretty much discounts that Dan Brown was ever born and that anyone who has so much as heard of his book will likely become part of the pavement on the road to hell. All the more reason for me to want to read it again. Wouldn't the church be better off just saying nothing at all, rather than draw everyone's attention to it? By the way, Saint Sulpice is Paris' second largest church (Notre Dame being the first).
We made it to Saint Sulpice, and its a good thing too, because a few more steps probably would have been the death of us in that terrible heat. Unfortunately, just as we got there, the doors slammed shut, causing us to miss out on the Delacroix paintings, the rose line, and the obelisque that are inside. This was enough to frustrate us quite a bit, so we left in a bit of a huff. I guess we are still accustomed to our museum/sight-seeing time out in Washington DC, where every building and monument had free admission and didn't close at the most inconvenient and random of times. At any rate, here's a picture that Sara took of the façade, notice that the spire on the left is still broken and in a cast. Also, please enjoy this internet picture of the gnomon inside the chruch. It was used as an ancient calendar, in conjunction with a series of lenses which caused a s
un ray to run along the brass line, reaching the tip of the obelisque at noon on the spring equinox. All you faitful Da Vinci Code fans know all about this. I may have mentioned this before, but there's a big sign up by the obelisque that pretty much discounts that Dan Brown was ever born and that anyone who has so much as heard of his book will likely become part of the pavement on the road to hell. All the more reason for me to want to read it again. Wouldn't the church be better off just saying nothing at all, rather than draw everyone's attention to it? By the way, Saint Sulpice is Paris' second largest church (Notre Dame being the first).
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