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[es]Saint sulpice secrets
| Type | Aerial view | Country | Date | Status | Rating | |
 Rooftops | Here ! |  France | 2006-05-19 | Active | ***** |
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Da Vinci Church...
Second largest Parisian church after Notre-Dame de Paris, Saint Sulpice dominates the sixth arrondissement of Paris. Its bell tower, more than 100 m allows incredible sights on Paris.
This is a real maze of spiral staircases and narrow passages, linking the 21 small chapels; the broad peristyle; the abandoned hidden apartments; the great wooden attic; She will offer her secrets only to persevering explorers.
St Sulpice Church drew the crowds in 2005 and 2006 after the huge success of the Dan Brown's book Da Vinci Code.
The yearly number of visitors increased from 200,000 (+25%!).
Filming Da Vinci Code inside the church will not be allowed by the parish.
This in order to preserve the sacred place.
Yet, the church is listed on the program of the famous neo-tourisitc "Da Vinci tour".
Its exploration will remain for us as an intense moment: incredible sights over Paris; permanent discoveries of surprising construction details; hallucinating complexity of the building...
Again, a must. Thanks to my guide for this exploration (he's on the first HDR photos).