615. PARIS (5e arrt) - Eglise Saint-Etienne du Mont

615. PARIS (5e arrt) - Eglise Saint-Etienne du Mont

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615. PARIS (5e arrt) - Eglise Saint-Etienne du Mont

ca. 1916
Collotype
Overall: 13.9 x 8.9 cm
Gift of Ann McCabe
Inscriptions recto (printed in black ink): 615. PARIS (5e arrt) - Eglise Saint-Etienne du Mont
Commencée sous François 1er et terminée sous Louis XIII
verso (printed in black ink): CARTE POSTALE
Correspondance Adresse
(black ink): Rein, Soldier's Mail
France.
Number five (5)

This church is a catholic
historical book of many centuries.
It is one of the oldest and quaintest churches in Paris
a marble slab indicating["ing" cancelled]es the spot where the
Archbiship of Paris, Monseign[illegible]r Sibour, was
assisinated [sic] in 1857. Also in this church are the
remains of the greatly beloved saint Genevieve
a name to which all Parisians bow in reverence
and then the remains of Pascal and Racine are
now within the church.
[verso inscription digitally reproduced in media file R ]

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