{"id":726,"date":"2015-10-19T20:07:40","date_gmt":"2015-10-19T20:07:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/intlstoneworks.com\/blog\/?p=726"},"modified":"2015-10-19T20:07:40","modified_gmt":"2015-10-19T20:07:40","slug":"jadore-paris-from-a-stone-lovers-perspective-part-i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/intlstoneworks.com\/blog\/2015\/10\/19\/jadore-paris-from-a-stone-lovers-perspective-part-i\/","title":{"rendered":"J\u2019adore Paris From A Stone Lover\u2019s Perspective, Part I"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sacr\u00e9 Coeur<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Sacr\u00e9 Coeur<\/strong><\/p>\n

At the peak of Paris\u2019 landscape, towering over Montmartre, you will see the stark white Sacr\u00e9 Coeur Basilica \u2013 like a radiant beacon. The stunning Sacr\u00e9 Coeur Church was commissioned by the French National Assembly in 1873. It was designed by Paul Abadie and was meant to be a symbol of hope and power for the city following the Franco-Prussian War.<\/p>\n

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The white stone that makes this Church so unique is called Ch\u00e2teau-Landon<\/a>, which comes from the Souppes-sur-Loing quarry, in the Seine-et-Marne department at the southern edge of the \u00cele-de-France region. Interestingly, Ch\u00e2teau-Landon is a travertine, not a marble. (I always assumed the Sacr\u00e9 Coeur was made of a white marble).<\/p>\n

Ch\u00e2teau-Landon, as it turns out, is a fascinating stone in that it is self-cleaning! This extremely hard, fine-grained stone releases calcite when it rains. In other words, a chalky white substance recoats the stone every time it rains. How amazing is that?!<\/p>\n

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It is also important to state that the Sacr\u00e9 Coeur is worth a visit at nighttime too, not only to see the gorgeous white stone Cathedral, but also the Paris skyline. As you look upon the city, you can see all the sites: the Arc de Triumphe, the Eiffel Tower and all the glimmering stars over the City of Love.<\/p>\n

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Tomb of Napoleon Bonaparte<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

L’H\u00f4tel National des Invalides<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>Also known as Napoleon Bonaparte\u2019s final resting place. In 1840, in a ceremony known as \u201cLe Retour<\/a> des Cendres,\u201d Napoleon\u2019s remains were given back to France; he is now entombed under the dome of Les Invalides.<\/p>\n

You didn\u2019t think that the French would give the great Napoleon a shoddy small marker did you? No way! His tomb is absolutely enormous, surrounded by colorful mosaics and stone angels that look upon him. The actual tomb is made of red quartzite that rests on a green granite base.<\/p>\n

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Let\u2019s not forget that Les Invalides also commemorates other important military figures from French history. The other tomb that I thought was truly beautiful was the tomb for Napoleon II (son of Napoleon Bonaparte). It is made of beautiful black and white marble. Interestingly, I learned that his remains are in the tomb, but not his heart, which remains in Vienna.<\/p>\n

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Tomb of Napoleon II<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Stay tuned next week to learn some amazing facts about the Louvre and the Notre Dame Cathedral.<\/p>\n

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Marble floors at Les Invalides<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sacr\u00e9 Coeur At the peak of Paris\u2019 landscape, towering over Montmartre, you will see the stark white Sacr\u00e9 Coeur Basilica \u2013 like a radiant beacon. The stunning Sacr\u00e9 Coeur Church was commissioned by the French National Assembly in 1873. It was designed by Paul Abadie and was meant to be a symbol of hope and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/intlstoneworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/726"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/intlstoneworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/intlstoneworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/intlstoneworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/intlstoneworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=726"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/intlstoneworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/726\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":731,"href":"http:\/\/intlstoneworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/726\/revisions\/731"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/intlstoneworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/intlstoneworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/intlstoneworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}