Place Sainte Geneviève, Paris 1450
| Made with conquest reforged. My interpretation of what the two churches of Sainte Geneviève (right) and Saint-Étienne-du-Mont (left), as well as the plaza they formed, named Place Sainte Geneviève, might have looked like in the middle of the 15th century. Pretty much everything in this shot is now gone, the only exception being the bell tower of Sainte Geneviève visible in the top right, now known as Tour Clovis. Saint-Étienne-du-Mont also remains, but the version we see today was built throughout the 16th and 17th centuries. The version seen here was built in 1222, with later additions such as the bell tower to the left of the church. The church on the right is Sainte Geneviève, the main church of the abbey of the same name, which was the oldest Christian establishement in Paris, being founded in 502 by Frankish king Clovis I. The abbatial church went through many reconstructions and renovations throughout the centuries. The version we see here was built throughout the 12th and 13th centuries atop the earlier 11th century Romanesque version, of which only the lower part of the bell tower remains. The abbey, like all others in France, was suppressed following the French Revolution, but the abbatial church itself remained for a while, until 1744 when a new church began construction to replace it, which is now known as the Pantheon. Sainte Geneviève was finally demolished in 1807, with only its bell tower left standing. Overall very proud of this build, really love how it came out. [link] [comments] |




