ST. ROCH'S CHURCH
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A superb church with many paintings, sculptures, frescoes and tombs, a monument to discover in Paris.
The foundation stone for this edifice was laid by Louis XIV in 1653, and it took almost a century to complete the work. Built to a design by Jacques Le Mercier, the church was inspired by Notre-Dame Cathedral. The building has been fitted with chapels that follow on from the nave and choir. The chapel dedicated to the Virgin, designed by Jules Hardouin Mansart, features a dome superbly decorated in the Baroque style. The church is home to numerous paintings, sculptures, frescoes and tombs. Much of its heritage comes from churches that disappeared during the French Revolution. Note that at the foot of its beautiful columned facade and small staircase, street battles took place between royalists and republican forces on 13 Vendémiaire An IV, October 5 1795. The latter were led by a certain Napoleon Bonaparte, who did not hesitate to fire cannons at the insurgents.
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Members' reviews on ST. ROCH'S CHURCH
Elle n'est malheureusement pas très bien entretenue : On constate que parfois on marche sur des dalles mouvantes. Elle est également très sale (probablement due à la pollution des voitures passant à proximité).
Le cœur central est très beau et on peut constater au sommet des lettres en hébreu, et non en latin.
Lo que más me sorprende de esta iglesia es que, detrás del coro y el altar mayor, hay otra capilla, con una gran cúpula, la capilla de la virgen. Y después hay otra más, la del calvario.
Por fuera, en la calle, hay una serie de pequeñas casas adosadas, que han sobrevivido a las sucesivas reurbanizaciones de París, a diferencia de lo que ha pasado en otras iglesias, lo cual es muy interesante.