NOTRE-DAME DU TRAVAIL CHURCH
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This church houses paintings paying homage to the laborious existence with Saint Eloi, Saint Francis of Assisi and Saint Luke
When the Montparnasse station was inaugurated in the middle of the 19th century, a new district was unofficially inaugurated, that of the workers who worked on the site: the village of Vaugirard, which would be so developed that it would increase from 2,000 inhabitants to 35,000 at the turn of the century! In 1900, the Paris Universal Exhibition was held on the Champs-de-Mars and, once again, our valiant workers were on board. It was Father Soulange-Bodin, who took care of his flock in the Plaisance district where the village of Vaugirard was located, who then had the idea of launching a fund-raising for the creation of a workers' church. The construction site was underway. A spearhead of the social Catholicism typical of the early 20th century, the church was designed on the model of factories. Metal architecture of iron and steel, high ceiling height. The porch and choir, on the other hand, are traditionally designed: it is still a church, its entrance and nerve center cannot be confused with a simple workplace.
Inside, the paintings pay homage to the hardworking existence with Saint Eloi, patron saint of metallurgy and silversmith, Saint Francis of Assisi for poetic creation and ecology, Saint Luke for art and finally Saint Fiacre for gardening and vegetable growing.
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The place is a little bit off the main tourist trail, but it’s absolutely worth your time and you have the Montparnasse tower nearby as well as the large cemetery.