Right across the street from the Abbesses Metro stop is the Saint Jean Evangeliste church. It is the first one made with concrete although it is covered with bricks and is locally called St Jean de Bricks. Anyway, it isn’t an old church(if you go by European standards). The old abbey here was destroyed during the French Revolution and the nuns were killed as well. It has some interesting tile work on the outside and I found some appealing religious figures above the doors.

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I have no idea who this is but the snake is probably history

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Here’s a sweet little angel. You can see the tile work done on the church. I wish the wire weren’t there right across the photo I want.

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This lady was not on the church-I think she is probably a little too voluptuous, self-satisfied and decadant for a church-but on the side of a house down the street. Just looking at her I’m thinking she is having a nice romantic dream about someone or has just had a really nice piece of chocolate cake.