Saint-Étienne-du-Mont is a church located on the
Montagne Sainte-Geneviève in the
5th arrondissement of Paris, France. It contains the shrine of
Saint Genevieve, the patron saint of Paris, as well as the tombs of
Blaise Pascal and
Jean Racine. This photograph of the church's interior, looking eastward, shows the slight skew of the
choir relative to the
nave, the high
rib-vaulted ceiling, the wooden
pulpit on the right, and the
triforium gallery that runs around the church at mid-level. An unusual feature for a French church, it is reached by serpentine staircases circling the piers. The stone
rood screen, dating back to 1530–1545, is the only remaining example of a rood screen in Paris; much of the stained glass also dates to the same period.
Photograph credit: David Iliff