Paris start location, also Vezelay

[Robert Ward]

I don't know if it is an "official" starting place anymore, but a nice symbolic starting point is the Tour St.-Jacques, Saint James' Tower, which is all that remains of the old Church of Saint James that was demolished during the Revolution. The tower is an imposing landmark on the right bank, five minutes from Notre-Dame. Saint Jacques / Saint James / Santiago is still up standing up there at the top in his broad hat, welcoming pilgrims.
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> From: Richard Ferguson <peregrinoaATT.NET>
> Date: Sat, 5 Oct 2002 15:52:06 +0000
> To: GOCAMINOaPETE.URI.EDU
> Subject: Paris start location, also Vezelay
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> 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?
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> I understand that the cathedral in Vezelay is impressive, and we plan to visit
> (by car).
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> 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).
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> Richard
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