Paris - Tour Saint-Jacques

This tower is the last remaining structure of a church, that got demolished completely in October 1797. A church, named "Saint-Jacques-de-la-Boucherie" ("Saint James of the butchery"), existed here already around 1250. The patrons of the church were the butchers, who had their stalls in the nearby "Les Halles" market.

This church over centuries was the meeting place in Paris for all pilgrims on their way to Santiago de Compostella. After having walked the Lemovicensis, the Tolosana and the Podiensis, I had decided to start again and follow the Via Turonensis from here.

So I did, but it proved to be not a brillant idea. To walk with a backpack in Paris is absolutely no fun. Too many crowded roads, too many traffic lights, too many people and no "yellow arrows" ... So after half a day - I took the Metro southbound.