# Church of Saint-Germain-des-Prés

Paris, France

The oldest church in Paris, founded as a royal abbey by the Merovingian king Childebert I in 543. Its Romanesque bell tower has stood since around the year 990, and richly restored nineteenth-century murals now glow inside.

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Coordinates: 48.85389, 2.33444

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