Walking from Notre Dame in Paris to SJPDP

[lthrnck55]

I am going to be flying into Paris. Will probably spend a few days there and visit Notre Dame Cathedral. I would like to begin my Pilgrimage from there. Is there a recommended/prefered route?

 

[pudgypilgrim]

https://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/forums/the-tours-route.47/

 

[mspath]

Click here for more on pilgrims in Paris (with further links).

Bon chemin and Buen camino!

 

[lthrnck55]

https://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/forums/the-tours-route.47/

Thanks a lot!

 

[lthrnck55]

Click here for more on pilgrims in Paris (with further links).

Bon chemin and Buen camino!

Thank you!

 

[Kathar1na]

For lack of a better place I am posting this here. The French magazine Le Pèlerin has obtained permission to take some photographs inside Notre-Dame de Paris. It is now nearly a year since the great fire. The photos are of a strange ethereal beauty. "Wounded but not destroyed", it says in the article. It would not be fair to copy-paste the photos here although I'd love to do that.

So here is the link. There's a gallery of five photos after the first paragraph, and eight more further down.

EXCLUSIF Au cœur de Notre-Dame blessée - Le Pèlerin

Un an après le terrible incendie de Notre-Dame, notre photographe, Stéphane Compoint, a pu y pénétrer. Reportage exceptionnel dans un chantier hors-norme.

www.lepelerin.com

 

[VNwalking]

These photos are transfixing. The charred remains of the forest of roof timbers...and then the rose window. Somehow the walls and windows stand, in spite of the damage. It is somehow bracing at this time, when we are all facing challenges.

Thank you @kather1na!

 

[Saint Mike II]

It brings tears to my eyes. I have been fortunate enough to see this mighty cathedral on three visits to Paris. I doubt I will be fortunate enough to live to see it restored.

 

[jl]

I would like to begin my Pilgrimage from there

Your other option is to start at Tour Saint-Jacques - or make your way past it on your way out of the city. Cheers, Janet

 

[Thornley]

I am going to be flying into Paris. Will probably spend a few days there and visit Notre Dame Cathedral. I would like to begin my Pilgrimage from there. Is there a recommended/prefered route?

Or Sacre Coeur where there are plenty of arrows and a good vibe.
Take your time getting out and watch the roads.

 

[CWBuff]

It brings tears to my eyes. I have been fortunate enough to see this mighty cathedral on three visits to Paris. I doubt I will be fortunate enough to live to see it restored.

Have Faith !!!
Happy Easter

 

[CWBuff]

For lack of a better place I am posting this here. The French magazine Le Pèlerin has obtained permission to take some photographs inside Notre-Dame de Paris. It is now nearly a year since the great fire. The photos are of a strange ethereal beauty. "Wounded but not destroyed", it says in the article. It would not be fair to copy-paste the photos here although I'd love to do that.

So here is the link. There's a gallery of five photos after the first paragraph, and eight more further down.

EXCLUSIF Au cœur de Notre-Dame blessée - Le Pèlerin

Un an après le terrible incendie de Notre-Dame, notre photographe, Stéphane Compoint, a pu y pénétrer. Reportage exceptionnel dans un chantier hors-norme.

www.lepelerin.com

Thank you @Kathar1na
Hard to believe.... 1 year.... and look where we are....

 

[Saint Mike II]

Have Faith !!!
Happy Easter ✌

G'Day @CWBuff , I have faith, but unfortunately medical science has made its pronouncements on my condition and 5 years is about the average. I might get more but would prefer quality over quantity.

 

[Thornley]

. I might get more but would prefer quality over quantity.

God bless

 

[CWBuff]

Notre Dame cathedral bell rings to mark one-year anniversary of fire

 

[VNwalking]

Thank you @CWBuff , that was unexpectedly moving.

I might get more but would prefer quality over quantity.

May you beat the odds, Mike.
All blessings...

 

[Ineir19]

Notre Dame cathedral bell rings to mark one-year anniversary of fire

oh wow. i haven't heard of that. thanks for posting.
lthrnck55, that's a long time post. what was the route you've taken?

 

[malingerer]

oh wow. i haven't heard of that. thanks for posting.
lthrnck55, that's a long time post. what was the route you've taken?

there is a flat stone marker in the square next to the cathedral which was a starting point for pilgrims a long time ago. I stood there long before I actually went on Camino 2004. If you have time, look for it and say a word or two for me whilst you are at it. Walk soft, stay safe and buen Camino

The Malingerer.

 

[Ineir19]

i would really love to be there to be honest. but i seriously doubt that with all this recipes covid situation we're allowed. plus, i don't really want to take the risk. nonetheless, i would plan it later.

 

[JabbaPapa]

I am going to be flying into Paris. Will probably spend a few days there and visit Notre Dame Cathedral. I would like to begin my Pilgrimage from there. Is there a recommended/prefered route?

The traditional starting point is actually the Tour Saint Jacques which is a couple hundred yards north of Notre Dame.

The route is the Voie de Paris/Voie de Tours -- but there are two main variants ; one via Orléans, which is supposedly the "official" one", and another via Chartres, which I'd actually recommend as it gets you quickest into nature, and the pilgrimage to Chartres is itself quite wonderful, as is Chartres itself and especially its magnificent cathedral.

Though there is actually a third alternative, in which you'd walk to Orléans from Chartres -- that would mean taking a DIY route between the two with doubts about somewhere to sleep, but OTOH you get to talk a walk along the Loire and see Chartres, whereas on the normal route via Chartres you'd only cross the river at Tours.

From Tours it's pretty straightforward, you just follow the waymarks.

EDIT : oh, old thread syndrome LOL -- heh, never mind

 

[mspath]

Anyone lucky to be in Paris in the next 6 months should visit the new exhibition in the crypt below the Parvis in front of Notre Dame cathedral
The exhibition opens today 9 September 2020 and details Victor Hugo's writing about and Viollet Le Duc's restauration of the cathedral in the 19th century.

Read/see more below including 2019 film reportage of the horrific fire

Victor Hugo en guest star pour la réouverture de la crypte de Notre-Dame

Ce mercredi, la crypte archéologique de Notre-Dame est rouverte au public avec l’exposition « Notre-Dame de Paris, de Victor Hugo à Eugène Viollet-Le-Duc »

www.20minutes.fr

 

[VNwalking]

And to add this to Margaret's interesting article - for those who, like me, wonder how the rsstoration is going:

Where we are now with the restoration of Notre Dame after the rejection of modern architectural gestures

An insider report from the site on the latest discoveries and re-building techniques

www.theartnewspaper.com