Lutetia

This walk begins at the Musee de Cluny, one of my favorite little museums in Paris.

Inside the Musee de Cluny are statues which were once in Notre Dame de Paris
which was torn down during the Revolution.



Remember Saint Denis from the Montmartre walk? He wandered around
with his head after he was decapitated until he finally died.



There was a room full of these stained-glass windows that were once in Sainte-Chapelle.





These are the famous Lady and the Unicorn Tapestries. These tapestries were discovered in 1841 in an old castle. They were damaged along the bottom from their storage conditions.



Notice near the bottom of the tapestries there is a distinct line where the color changes. Strangely enough, the discolored part is actually the newer part that was restored when they were found in the 1840's. The older parts of the tapestries kept their color
while the newer parts faded. Interesting...



This is the ceiling of a small chapel inside the museum. I thought it was really cool.



I really enjoyed this last part of the museum. There was all of this armor and weapons from the middle ages that belonged to different knights and various royalty.
I thought it was pretty awesome.







Just a few streets over form the Musee de Cluny is the Sorbonne.
(University of Pars founded in 1257)
Pretty awesome looking school if you ask me. Unfortunately they don't allow
the public inside due to past riot issues.





We attempted to look like we fit in...not sure it's working...



The Pantheon! It was first meant to be a church dedicated to Sainte Genevieve,
but after the Revolution it was decided to make the church into a final
resting place for great people of the nation.







Inside the Pantheon



Now for the crypt underneath the Pantheon. This is a statue
of Voltaire with his tomb behind him.


I found Victor Hugo's tomb rather quickly. I was excited at the coincidence of seeing his tomb today, when the walk I went on yesterday had the tour through his house.





I know this picture is a little blurry, but this is Marie Curie's tomb.



Just behind the Pantheon is this thirteenth century Renaissance church, St-Etienne-du-Mont.



Front door to the church


Inside the church. I love the spiral staircases on the sides!


This is a reliquary holding part of Saint Genevieve's sarcophagus.
Most of her remains were burned by revolutionaries in 1793. According to legend,
Genevieve saved Paris from the Huns in 451.



We passed through this fun little square near the end of our walk. I would like to come back sometime and check out the little shops around the outside.


The last stop on this walk was an old Roman amphitheater that was built near the
end of the first century. That's a long time ago!

This has been one of my favorite walks so far. There was so much to see and so much history! Not to mention the sun was shining today! Hooray for sunshine!