Church of Saint-Sulpice

This central but heretofore little visited Church has become a pilgrimage site for Da Vinci Code readers, myself included. I wanted to see the famous Gnomon that appears in the book so I squeezed in a quick visit before sunset. It takes some time to find the temple because of the maze of streets that make up the neighborhood. Once there, I witnessed the strange overlap of science onto religion. The gnomon is positioned according to empirical coordinates and imposes itself on the aesthetics of the temple. I marveled that this scientific instrument could be placed on a religious edifice. The church is beautiful in its simplicity.