Famous Saint Sulpice~Missing Paris Day

A little view of the exterior of the Eglise de Saint Sulpice,

most recently made very well-known by Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code

though the interior has been the scene of many a book.

Dedicated to Sulpitius the Pious (a 7th century bishop),

it is slightly smaller than Notre Dame and

home to more than one mural by Eugene Delacroix.

It was built over a 13th century Romanesque church

and was the wedding place of Victor Hugo

as well as where the Marquis de Sade (1740) and

Charles Baudelaire (1821) were baptized. 

It is the burial place of the granddaughters of Louis XIV

and Louise de Lorraine. 

But I will always now remember it as the place where I broke my camera 

at the very beginning of our most recent visit to Paris

while sitting on one of those benches in the square. 

(I broke The Chef's too but luckily--if any luck is involved here--

 it was on our last day just before leaving.)

Maybe I should have gone into the church, offered up a few sacred words

and touched one of those meridian lines

before ever touching my camera that day. 

Next time I will. 

Bonne semaine!

(Photos copyright: Kirsten Steen

Facts via Wikipedia)