Quem visita o Quartier Latin, provavemente não se lembraria de visitar esta Igreja, não fosse pelo seu nome ter sido divulgado no filme "O Código Da Vinci" com Tom Hanks. Adorei este filme e o seguinte também, e não podia deixar escapar a oportunidade de visitar a igreja.
Na frente da Igreja existe uma bonita praça (Praça de São Sulpício) enfeitada com fontes. Os estudantes de Arte param por ali para melhorar as competências de desenho, e os turistas também descansam num ou outro recanto.
Muito há para conhecer sobre a história desta igreja. Foi edificada sobre os alicerces de um antigo templo romano do séc.XIII e sofreu várias ampliações até 1631.
Uma caraterística única desta igreja é o facto de uma linha do Meridiano passar mesmo dentro dela. O sacerdote da igreja Languet de Gercy, precisava de um sistema para prever os equinócios e calcular qual era a data da Páscoaa, e encarregou dessa tarefa o astrônomo e relojoeiro Henry Sully. Este, por sua vez, construiu uma linha de latão no chão, paralela aos meridianos da Terra (a chamada Linha da Rosa), que se estende até um obelisco na parede, erguendo-se onze metros acima do chão.
Devido a estas características, a igreja foi salva de ter sido destruída na época da Revolução Francesa.
O meridiano de Saint-Sulpice, melhor conhecido como meridiano de Paris, serviu como ponto de origem para o cálculo da longitude.
Paris-Saint Sulpice (day #3)
Anyone visiting Quartier Latin, probably wouldn't remember to visit this church, if it wasn't for his name being publicized in the movie "The Da Vinci Code" with Tom Hanks. Loved this movie and the next one too, so I couldn't miss the opportunity to visit the church.
In front of the church there's a beautiful square (Saint Sulpice's Square) adorned with fountains. Students of Art stop there to improve the skills of drawing, and also tourists to rest.
There's a lot to know about the story of this church. It was builded on the foundations of an ancient roman temple (XIII century) and suffered several enlargements up to 1631.
Inside there're two sinks of holy water shaped of shells, present of the Republic from Venice to the King Francis I.
There's still two works by Delacroix in the church, more precisely in the right chapel.
A unique characteristic of this church is that one row from the Meridiano passes there. The priest of the church (Languet de Gercy) needed a system to predict the equinoxes and calculate which was Easter's date, and instructed of this task the astronomer and watchmaker Henry Sully. He built a line of brass on the ground, parallel to the meridian of the Earth (the so-called Rose Line), which extends to a shaft wall, rising eleven meters above the ground.
Due to these characteristics, the church was saved from destruction during the French Revolution.
The meridian of Saint-Sulpice, best known as meridian of Paris, served as point of origin for calculating the longitude.
Organ concerts (organ dated from 1862) take place there regularly.
There's a lot to know about the story of this church. It was builded on the foundations of an ancient roman temple (XIII century) and suffered several enlargements up to 1631.
Inside there're two sinks of holy water shaped of shells, present of the Republic from Venice to the King Francis I.
There's still two works by Delacroix in the church, more precisely in the right chapel.
A unique characteristic of this church is that one row from the Meridiano passes there. The priest of the church (Languet de Gercy) needed a system to predict the equinoxes and calculate which was Easter's date, and instructed of this task the astronomer and watchmaker Henry Sully. He built a line of brass on the ground, parallel to the meridian of the Earth (the so-called Rose Line), which extends to a shaft wall, rising eleven meters above the ground.
Due to these characteristics, the church was saved from destruction during the French Revolution.
The meridian of Saint-Sulpice, best known as meridian of Paris, served as point of origin for calculating the longitude.
Organ concerts (organ dated from 1862) take place there regularly.
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