It’s Official: Springtime Comes to Paris

If you missed the latest France Revisited Facebook quiz—no prize this time, just glory, but isn’t that plenty already?—the question was:

If it were to be sunny in Paris on March 20, which it won’t be, what significant event could you witness around the corner from this wall?

March 20 FB contest

And the correct answer, drum roll, is:

A circle of sunlight through a hole in the wall of the southern transept of Saint Sulpice hits a marker on the floor to indicate that the March (or vernal or spring) Equinox has arrived.

Kudos, congratulations, glory and a kiss on both cheeks to those who knew it.

Click here for some images from inside Saint Sulpice and an explanation of why the Church wished to “mark” the date of the March equinox.

Skytree Saint Sulpice at the start of spring. Photo GLK.
Skytree Saint Sulpice at the start of spring. Photo GLK.

Enjoy the spring!

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