Statue of Saint Opportune, Statue in Paris, France
The Statue de Sainte Opportune is a stone figure set in a niche at a street corner in the 1st arrondissement of Paris. It shows the saint in a simple, upright pose on a plain pedestal, framed by carved stonework above.
The square where the statue stands was once called the Place du Cloître-Sainte-Opportune, named after the cloister of the nearby church of the same name. That church and its cloister were torn down in 1792 during the Revolution.
The statue stands in a carved niche at the corner where two streets meet on the Place Sainte-Opportune. Above the figure, stone coats of arms were added in the 17th century by an abbess named Marie-Louise Rouxel de Médavy, who also wrote a life of the saint.
The statue is visible from the street and can be seen at any time without any restrictions. The area around the Rue des Halles is busy during the day, so early morning or evening visits tend to be calmer.
Although the church of Sainte-Opportune disappeared long ago, the statue survived and is now the only visible trace of that religious past on the spot. The niche that holds it is carved directly into the wall of an ordinary residential building.
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