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Tour Jean-sans-Peur. The Tour Jean-sans-Peur or Tour de Jean sans Peur (French pronunciation: [tuʁ də ʒɑ̃ sɑ̃ pœʁ], Tower of John the Fearless), located in the 2nd arrondissement of Paris, is the last vestige of the Hôtel de Bourgogne ([otɛl də buʁɡɔɲ]), the residence first of the Counts of Artois and then the Dukes of Burgundy.
Le Jard Abbey (Abbaye du Jard, Abbaye royale de Saint Jean-Baptiste du Jard, Abbaye Saint-Jean du Jard-de-la-Reine), nuns, Diocese of Sens (Voisenon, Seine-et-Marne) Joncels Abbey or Jaucel Abbey (Abbaye Saint-Pierre de Joncels or Jaucel), monks, Diocese of Béziers (Joncels, Hérault)
Tour Saint-Jacques (French: [tuʁ sɛ̃ʒak], 'Saint James's Tower') is a monument located in the 4th arrondissement of Paris, France, on the Rive Droite.This 52-metre (171 ft) Flamboyant Gothic tower at the intersection of the Rue de Rivoli with Rue Nicolas-Flamel is all that remains of the former 16th-century Church of Saint-Jacques-de-la-Boucherie ('Saint James of the Meat Market'), which ...
Saint-Pierre-du-Gros-Caillou is a Roman Catholic parish church located at 52 Rue Dominique in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, completed in 1733. It takes its name from a large boulder, or Caillou, which marked the limit between the parishes of the abbeys of Saint-Saint-Germaine des Pres and Sainte-Geneviece.
The abbey of Sainte-Madeleine du Barroux also known as Le Barroux Abbey is a traditionalist Benedictine abbey located in Le Barroux, Vaucluse, France. It was founded in 1978 by Dom Gérard Calvet while the current abbot is Dom Louis-Marie de Geyer d’Orth. The liturgy is celebrated according to the pre-1970 Roman Missal (Tridentine Mass).
After acquiring land near Le Barroux (), France, construction of Sainte-Madeleine du Barroux Abbey began in 1980. The construction was completed during the 1980s. During the 1980s, Gérard Calvet was, together with Archbishop Lefebvre, one of the focal persons of the Traditionalist Catholic movement.
Saint-Dominique Church is a Roman Catholic church located at 20 rue de la Tomb-Issoire in the 14th arrondissement of Paris. It was constructed between 1913 and 1921 in the Romano-Byzantine architectural style, mixed with Art Deco, popular in the period. The interior is lavishly decorated with paintings, sculpture and ceramics in the style of ...
The architect was Théodore Ballu, chief architect of Paris for religious buildings, whose other Paris works included the restoration of the Saint-Jacques Tower, (1854–58); the belfry of Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois (1858–63); and the Église Saint-Ambroise, (1863–69). Construction began in 1861 and was largely completed by 1867,but it was ...