Meaux is located about 40 km (24 miles) east of Paris. This is a side view of the Meaux Cathedral (Cathédrale Saint-Étienne de Meaux) located in the center of the old town. The buildings were close to the church so it was difficult to step back far enough to get a complete image. Construction on the church began in the 1170's and continued intermittently over the next few hundred years. (Panorama - click on image to view in full width).
Partial front view of the church. It was cold (30's and 40's F) and windy today so not many tourists were out and about - only a pair from Plymouth/Boston/United States who thought it was a heat wave going on. (That would be us).
In mid-afternoon, the sunlight had moved around to the front side of the church.
The interior of the church was spectacular.
A hand from one of the marble sculptures inside the church.
Typical of much of France, commerce slows or stops from noon until mid-afternoon so folks can have lunch. So we did too - we found a nice vegetarian lunch at a Vietnamese restaurant in the downtown area. And yes, more red wine. As they say, "when in Rome, do as the Romans do" or, in this case, when in France..... And didn't I once read that red wine is good for the heart? I'll stick with that idea for now.
Random street scene in the old part of town. Meaux is well known today for a particular variety of Brie cheese produced here. The town is located on a tight bend in the Marne River and has been inhabited for thousands of years with archaeological remains dating at least to the 4th century B.C.
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