The most beautiful religious buildings Ile-De-France

The Synagogue Synagogue synagogue, due to architect Emmanuel Pontremoli, was consecrated during a ceremony held on 21 September 1911 (the synagogue has thus 100 years since 2011), in the presence of Alfred Levy, the great rabbi of the Jewish central consistory of France and Algeria, and Jacques Henry Dreyfuss, the great rabbi of Paris. It was thanks to Baron Edmond James de Rothschild (1845 1934), president of the new work (the Paris Jewish Consistorial Association, founded in 1905) that this synagogue was born.

A long pilgrimage from the kings of France, the stage of the Chemin de Compostela, it originated in the fourth century when Saint Mathurin, evangelist and wizard born in this place in 288, went to Rome called by Emperor Maximien to heal his Folle daughter. After his arrival, he lived in Rome until his death and his remains were brought back to Larchant where a small chapel was built to collect it. Before the devotion of the pilgrims, the lords of Larchant built this sanctuary in 1153 by the architects of the cathedral of Paris. Partly destroyed, there is still a witness to popular fervour and sacred architecture of the th century.

The former Royal Abbey Notre-Dame du Lys, built from 1244 to 1253, at the initiative of the Blanche de Castille, in the Plaine du Lys near Melun, reserved for the high-line ladies, is a jewel of Gothic art and considered one of the most beautiful cistercian ensembles of Ile-de-France. Sold to the revolution as a national good, there are still some ruins, part of the choir, the square apse, some parts of the transept and the staircase allowing access to the bell.

This Cistercian abbey, situated in the commune of Souppes-sur-Loing, in 1181, thanks to Philippe Auguste and the monks of the order of Cîteaux, preserved some remains despite the successive looting. In particular the barn to the tithes, the building of the monks, the oratory and house of the abbot, not forgetting a press, a pasture, the park and gardens.

The Saint-Pierre-and-Saint-Paul Church of the th century contains a very beautiful sculpture made by the famous sculptor Michel Dove «La Mis Au». They can also be seen in the «Traditional Tombstone» and the «Shrines», backed up by the Revolution, an annual pilgrimage to Pentecost.

Largely by the knights of the hospital order of Saint-Jean-de-Jerusalem who took Possession of the Village, the Church was built with a single jet in years - a record for the time! It has a high-clocher tower, a powerful square tower of the briard type flanked by a escalier. It also shows a th century portail portal offering scenes of daily life in the Middle Ages carved on the aisles. th century polychrome stone statues, especially that of the Virgin. Stone tombstones. Lying of Jeanne de Prunai, wife of a lord of Nangis.

For the Bishopric in Nanterre, there was no choice to build a place of worship in the prodigious Defence: it had to be discreet and contemporary. A barely visible cross reports vaguely that this cube is a place of worship.

At the site of the present temple is a place steeped in religious history. Until 1880 there was a charming chapel built under Louis XV according to the drawings of Charles de Wailly, with a specific aim: serve as a altar in the Holy Sacrament during the long royal processions of the Feast-Dieu, that the king and the courtyard followed from the church Notre-Dame to the castle. The French Revolution désacralisa the chapel that was sold as a national property: it belonged to the beginnings of the Republic, the popular assemblies, before becoming a forage store. It was the English Protestant community, important since the Restoration, which gave its sacred at the chapel in 1821: she would have permission to celebrate her worship. In 1880, the former chapel threatened to collapse and became a danger to the faithful. At the time, works began, during which the cult was transferred to the castle in the Royal residences room. The Protestant temple was swallowed in 2010 and offers to the hiker a beautiful Gothic facade - in its interior it is pure huguenot style naked. The temple is an important step in the history and religious buildings of Versailles.

Built from 1319 to 1450 following a project formed by Philippe le Bel, the church Notre-Dame de Boulogne was devoted in 1330 by Hugues de Besançon, bishop of Paris. A pilgrimage place near the capital, the church sees under its vaults over the centuries Philippe V, Jean the Bon, Jeanne d 'Arc, Du Guesclin and Pope Sixte Quint. The village of Menus which, with the construction of the church, had become parish gradually took the name of Boulogne. It was erected in the revolutionary era. The church experienced successive restorations, the last of which was devoted to preserving the wall paintings that Charles Lameire realized in the last century. Our Lady of Boulogne is one of the few examples of the nineteenth century decoration in value today.

This Buddhist centre is one of the largest in Europe with its 8,000 m². It was financed 80% by the Taiwanese monastic order Fo Guang Shan and 20% by the faithful. It is part of a vast ecumenical laboratory project, a large esplanade dedicated to religions in the heart of the Sycamore eco-neighbourhood. This giant temple displays a resolutely Zen, refined and mineral architecture. No golden ostentation or gigantic shimmering pagodas. Wood, stone, glass and raw concrete make the whole modern and sober. It contrasts this with, for example, the typical pagoda visible in the Vincennes woods. In any case, it houses spaces dedicated to meditation, prayer, many rooms for venerable guests during spiritual retreats, etc. Exhibitions are also visible. Don't miss the 5 m high White Jade Buddha in the main area. It should be noted that photos are prohibited in its bosom and that to visit it it is preferable to show white paws and to have the widest smile. At the exit, take the opportunity to continue your journey along the path to discover the other temples recently built or under construction, giving the area a very atypical multi-religious aspect.

This Hindu temple dedicated to Ganesh is the starting point of the procession that takes place in this district near the Eastern Station, every year in August, to celebrate the Ganesh festival.

This church was built in 1859 thanks to the personal funding of Napoleon III. She has the first name of his wife. The exterior of the church is harmonious, in the image of the village, and its appearance is typical of a country church. Its ochre color breaks with the other places of worship in the region, allowing it to be distinguished without problems. The porch is overcrowded with a square bell, which is built. Inside, the nef is rectangular and ends with an abside in the oven. The stained glass windows were created by the master rod Lorin and installed in 1909. For the anecdote, note that the emperor often resided in Villeneuve-l 'Étang, where Pasteur then installed his laboratory.

His neo-Gothic form may suggest that it dates from the Middle Ages. In fact, the Church Saint-Eugène-Sainte-Cécile was built in the 1850 s. It is the work of the architect Louis-Auguste Boileau, who used materials such as iron and iron for building the building. The interior is rich in stained glass windows - by Antoine Lusson and Eugène Oudinot from Gérard Séguin's boxes - and in chandeliers.

This is a place of worship located in an unusual place, a bit like the ones you can see at airports and places of passage. Opened in 2001, this church house is a place not like others. Designed to accommodate the believers of the Defense Business District, it is closed at weekends. All year round, it opens its doors for masses and religious ceremonies, but also for exhibitions, conferences and concerts. The exterior and interior architecture of this building is adapted to its hyperurban environment. Behind a large wall with a cross, you discover a cubic building.

The surprising name of this church comes from the fact that it is located in the station of the station - it is its name administratively. Built under the Second Empire on the plans of Claude Nascent, it presents a néoroman style. His choir gives to see a starry vault and canvases of Anders Osterlind (1887-1960). The church also includes an organ of Aristide Cavaillé-Coll.

This church owes the architect Prosper Bobin. It was built between 1894 and 1912 in a Romano-Byzantine style. One of its peculiarities is that it is on ancrés stilts under the Bièvre remblaiement. Funded by a couple of chocolate makers named Lambert, its facade - known as the "chocolate facade" - presents two 55-metre high towers called Jules and Honorine in tribute to these donors.

Saint Marcel Church was inaugurated in 1966. It is made of concrete and glass according to the plans of architect Daniel Michelin. His facade, due to Jean Michelin, the son of the previous one, dates back to 1993. It takes the amazing form of a large triangle. Inside the building, you can discover a great tapestry reminiscent of the Pentecost that was woven in the workshops of the National Manufacture des Gobelins on a cardboard of the painter Troncin. In a chapel, Saint Marcel's relics are preserved.

This church of medieval origin and of sober appearance, whose white color is easily recognizable, was built from a chapel of the ninth century. The choir and bell tower dates from the xiith century and the nef of the late fifteenth century. The chapiteaux of the northern choir and the north side are admired by the famous ones, and the baptismal fonts (seventeenth century), the Virgin of Pierre, the neo-Gothic oak chair (xixe) and the carved Christ embellishment the interior of the building. The stained glass windows end a harmonious ensemble with the martyrdom of Saint Saturnin and the great glass of Christ King, located above the altar.

On the old square of the village stands this th century church with a Roman steeple. The central nave is covered with a self-evident structure, and the choir, sheltered by an ogives arch, consists of a single square span and lit by a stained glass window. The staircase that rises towards the bell tower is in chestnut trees, the tree giving its name to the city. Concerts and conferences are regularly organised in this place which, besides a place of worship, is a true cultural area in the heart of Châtenay-Malabry.

Many people miss it out when they make journey between Boulogne and Chaville. Formerly dedicated to St. John the Baptist, this church was later on devoted to St. Romain, patron of boatmen, from 1504. With more than a thousand years, it has inscriptions that date its first foundations as far back as 675. And over such a long period, of course, the history of the church is very hectic: it was destroyed by the Normans in the ninth century, rebuilt in the thirteenth century, then rebuilt in the sixteenth century, after the ravages of the Hundred Years War. The choir was added in the eighteenth century.

 In 1789, the upper part of the tower threatening to fall into ruin struck and replaced by a campanile. In 1901, the statue of St. Romain is added in front, and in 1937, the church is included in the supplementary inventory

This beautiful, neoclassical church in the middle of a plot between the railway tracks leading to the Gare de Lyon and Bercy Park. His story is quite eventful. The 1821 th century building was demolished because of its poor state and was built in. Burned during the Commune, it is rebuilt shortly afterwards but remains unfinished. Later, it was flooded in the flood of the Seine in 1910, bombed in 1944 and, finally, again victim of a fire in 1982. Fortunately for her, the damage was limited this time. It is a nearby fire station.

This superb Russian church made of brown and red bricks with a wooden staircase leads to rest and mediation. The building is accessible during offices where, of course, silence and respect are made. The interior decorated in the orthodox manner… the visitor accustomed to our Roman churches. The beauty of the icons, the sumptuous ceilings of the ceilings, leave excitement.

Sainte-Clotilde parish was founded in 1857 by the architect François Gaud. It is the first Parisian church in Neo-Gothic style. The façade and its two spires that are 70 m high are the work of Théodore Ballu. Pope Léon XIII made it a basilica in 1896. This church contains a true treasure: the extraordinary organ designed by Master Cavaillé-Coll and owned first by César Franck.