Sv: Re: Paris start location, also Vezelay

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Richard,

I'd say that the starting point in Paris is Le Tour St. Jacques in Rue de Rivoli - halfway between Le Louvre and L'Hotel de Ville (the Town Hall) and a few hundred metres north of Notre Dame.
I've been told that the word "zero" is inscribed in the foundation of the tower to indicate that it's the starting point of the pilgrims route. When I was there some years ago the place was fenced in and it was not possible to get close to to have a looksee.
The tower is all that remains of a church that was broken down during the French revolution.

Frans.

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Sendt: 5. oktober 2002 18:25
Emne: Re: Paris start location, also Vezelay


> It is my understanding that the start in Paris is very close to Notre Dame
> Cathedral.
>
> Jim Allen, Seminole, FL
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Richard Ferguson" <peregrinoaATT.NET>
> To: <GOCAMINOaPETE.URI.EDU>
> Sent: Saturday, October 05, 2002 11:52 AM
> Subject: Paris start location, also Vezelay
>
>
> > We will be going to France in a few days, staying in Paris, but also
> touring the
> > countryside around Vezelay.  Where is the start in Paris, exactly?
> Someone said
> > it was a fountain, I thought.  I did a little web searching, with no luck.
> I do
> > not remember any discussions of the Paris start in the last year in this
> group.
> > Anyone know where the start is?
> >
> > I understand that the cathedral in Vezelay is impressive, and we plan to
> visit
> > (by car).
> >
> > This is a tourism trip, but I wanted to see those two starts.  Maybe
> someday I
> > will have enought time to walk from Vezelay.  (I walked from Leon this
> spring).
> >
> > Richard