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Fire guts Paris’ historic St. Sulpice church
News Agency Of Nigeria ^ | 17 Mar, 2019 14:16

Posted on 03/17/2019 7:49:25 AM PDT by robowombat

Fire guts Paris’ historic St. Sulpice church

Fire at the Saint Sulpice Church in Paris as recorded by a passerby Fire has been reported at Paris’ historic St. Sulpice church, built in the 19th Century.

According to Le Parisien, firefighters are extinguishing the blaze, which burst through the doors of the 19th Century building.

The wooden doors were on fire, and a stained glass window was damaged. The rest of the damage “seems minor,” the daily newspaper said.

Dramatic footage shared on social media shows the interior of the church in flames, with smoke billowing up to its arched roof. From outside, video footage shows firefighters hosing down the burning doors

The Roman Catholic church is the second biggest church in the city after Notre Dame. It is 113 metres long, 58 metres in width and 34 metres tall.

Construction of the church, dedicated to Sulpitius the Pious, began in 1646. During the 18th century, an elaborate gnomon, the Gnomon of Saint-Sulpice, was built.


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KEYWORDS: 1646; arson; asylum; catholic; church; emmanuelmacron; europe; europeanunion; france; islam; macron; muslims; paris; parischurch; refugees; stsulpice
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1 posted on 03/17/2019 7:49:25 AM PDT by robowombat
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To: robowombat

Arson?


2 posted on 03/17/2019 7:49:59 AM PDT by Pearls Before Swine ( "It's always a party when you're eating the seed corn.")
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To: Pearls Before Swine

Seems likely.


3 posted on 03/17/2019 7:51:43 AM PDT by lodi90
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To: robowombat

Gosh, I WONDER who would hate that church, right..?

It's such a mystery.

4 posted on 03/17/2019 7:52:20 AM PDT by gaijin
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To: Pearls Before Swine

A couple of days after St. Denis was trashed.

What a coincidence.


5 posted on 03/17/2019 7:53:27 AM PDT by Hieronymus ("I shall drink--to the Pope, if you please,-still, to Conscience first, and to the Pope afterwards.")
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To: robowombat

Church fire?

Holy Smokes!


6 posted on 03/17/2019 7:56:53 AM PDT by Sir_Humphrey (Strong minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, weak minds discuss people -Socrates)
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To: Pearls Before Swine

Democrats are systematically trying to destroy our history, heritage, culture, monuments and Americana in general so arson in France is not an unreasonable suspicion.


7 posted on 03/17/2019 7:58:10 AM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: robowombat

Crusades II is warranted.


8 posted on 03/17/2019 7:58:14 AM PDT by MichaelCorleone (Jesus Christ is not a religion. He's the Truth.)
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To: robowombat

Scumbag muslems are using the chaos to further their hate.

It gets blamed on the ones who want lower taxes.


9 posted on 03/17/2019 8:01:34 AM PDT by Delta 21
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To: MichaelCorleone

Seems it’s on its way...


10 posted on 03/17/2019 8:02:11 AM PDT by goodnesswins (White Privilege EQUALS Self Control & working 50-80 hrs/wk for 40 years!)
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To: robowombat

Bad candles?


11 posted on 03/17/2019 8:37:11 AM PDT by Libloather (Trivial Pursuit question - name the first female to lose TWO presidential elections!)
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White smoke, new Pope? Please?


12 posted on 03/17/2019 8:38:04 AM PDT by proust (Justice delayed is injustice.)
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To: Bonemaker

Muslims don’t like churches. That would be my first suspicion in Paris. I wonder where in Paris the church was located. The neighborhood may have changed.


13 posted on 03/17/2019 8:58:11 AM PDT by Pearls Before Swine ( "It's always a party when you're eating the seed corn.")
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To: robowombat

Well, let’s see, pewdepie and Candace Owens shoot a mosque in Christchurch and this...dunno. Probably Amish


14 posted on 03/17/2019 9:08:48 AM PDT by Karliner (Jeremiah29:11,Romans8:28 Isa 17, Damascus has fallen)
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To: robowombat

We need to ban fire now!! We need Much more strict fire laws!


15 posted on 03/17/2019 9:19:05 AM PDT by um1990 (Under attack from within. We must fight on.)
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To: robowombat

Mooslims.... Doing their thing...


16 posted on 03/17/2019 9:21:51 AM PDT by unread (Joe McCarthy was right.......)
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To: robowombat

A most wonderful church.

I remember that it had the most huge, wonderful tapered candles everywhere. I hope that won’t force them to install those awful electric things.


17 posted on 03/17/2019 9:29:05 AM PDT by miss marmelstein
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To: Pearls Before Swine

Muslim lightning...


18 posted on 03/17/2019 9:34:00 AM PDT by null and void (If socialism is so grand, why are Guatemalans coming here instead of going to Venezuela?)
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To: robowombat

Sounds like Macron is turning up the heat on the weekly protests.


19 posted on 03/17/2019 9:59:14 AM PDT by BobL (I eat at McDonald's and shop at Walmart - I just don't tell anyone.)
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To: Bonemaker

Amish, or renegade antifa masquerading in yellow vests??


20 posted on 03/17/2019 10:46:45 AM PDT by BTerclinger (MAGA)
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