Polish Church

ID: 258 ~ Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Polish_Church_Paris_Mai_2006_009.jpg ~ Creator: "Gryffindor" ~ Date: May 2006

This file appears in: The Church of Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption

This image of the interior of Église-Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption several Catholic religious items and symbols (pews, the altar and the symbolism of crosses). It also adds to the story by showing use of the Polish language- JEZUS ZYJE ALLELUJA (“Jesus lives, alleluia!”), cementing the church’s image as a Polish parish.

This file appears in: The Church of Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption

The Church of Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption – A Refuge in the City of Light

By Andrew D. France

An all-female religious order in the late 17th century, the Ladies of the Assumption (Dames de l’Assomption), were the first occupants of the building, which was constructed between 1670-76. It continued to be used by wealthy women as a sort of…