Come. Discover the mystery of Rue. St. Denis.
Sunday, June 13, 2010
Rue St. Denis
Paris is known as the City of Light. But beneath that light is a dark seductive mystery. It is one of these mysteries that is Rue St. Denis.
The street's namesake, Saint Denis, was a Christian martyr beheaded by pagan priest on the highest hill in Paris- now Montmartre. It is said that after his head was cut off he picked it up and walked the six miles of what is now Rue St. Denis, preaching a sermon along the way.
Today this street of the martyred saint is the home of stylish boutiques, up scale restaurants and sex clubs. It is a mystery how the secular and the holy co-exist side by side. It is this balance of the wicked and the divine that captures the imagination.
Come. Discover the mystery of Rue. St. Denis.
Come. Discover the mystery of Rue. St. Denis.
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