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Abadía de Saint-Germain-des-Prés, París, Francia, 2022-11-01, DD 20-22 HDR
2022-11-01
- Classification
- Photograph
- Museum
- Wikimedia Commons
- Rights
- CC BY-SA 4.0, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
About this work
Choir of the Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés, Paris, France. The church is located in the Saint-Germain-des-Prés quarter and was originally the church of a Benedictine abbey founded in 558 by Childebert I, the son of Clovis, King of the Franks. It was destroyed by the Vikings, rebuilt, and renamed in the 8th century for Saint Germain, an early Bishop of the city. it was rebuilt with elements in the new Gothic style in the eleventh century. It is considered the oldest existing church in Paris.
