Church saint sulpice
Saint Sulpice’s Church by Hotel de Saint Germain
Located in the heart of the sixth arrondissement of Paris, the Saint-Sulpice church has recently been much talk about it later … the publication in 2003 of the famous book « The Da Vinci Code, » in which Robert Langton looking for a key in the church and researched by the killer …
Built in the seventeenth century, but with foundations dating from the twelfth century, this building is one of the biggest churches in the capital.
Among the items that decorating the interior, a gnomom, a simple-shaped sundial dating from the eighteenth century, stands in the north wing of the transept in the form of an obelisk inlaid with a brass wire extending into the pavement to the south, representing the line « meridian. »
In fine weather, when the sun is at its zenith, a light beam strikes the line at a point which varies depending on time of year.
« Hotel de Saint Germain Paris », a peaceful hotel located in the center of Saint Germain des Pres, in Paris’ Left Bank.
