Paris monuments and people : beautiful winter 2015

when the children don’t catch them, they go up in the sky!
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the statue of Saint Jean-Paul II. 18-05-1920 Wadowice Pologne, 02-04-2005 Vatican. on the base of the statue there is a quote, extract from his lecture of the 1rst of January 2002 : “There is no peace without justice, there is no justice without forgiveness” . in french : “Il n’y a pas de paix sans justice, il n’y a pas de justice sans pardon”
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If you go to the Sacré Coeur basilica, you will probably stop at the metro station Abbesses, where you will see this beautiful Art Nouveau church ; Saint-Jean de Montmartre, build from 1894 to 1904.
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after taking the Yvonne le Tac street, you will them arrive at the famous Sacré Coeur de Montmartre Basilica, named as well Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
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Sometimes, in front of the church, you might see the football player / acrobat Iya Traore dribbling in the air hunged to a street lamp!
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back to the center of Paris : A starting point for the chemin de Compostelle, the Tour Saint-Jacques is a Flamboyant Gothic tower, part of a 16th century Church which was dismantled after the french Revolution. It has been very well renovated, from 2006 to 2013
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to finish our tour, the Senate of Paris, in the Luxembourg garden, view from the Vaugirard street
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