ÉGLISE DU DÔME AND SAINT-LOUIS-DES-INVALIDES
The Saint-Louis-des-Invalides and Dôme churches form a complex that was ...Read more
THE CHAPEL OF OUR LADY OF THE MIRACULOUS MEDALLION
Read moreThe chapel of Compagnie-des-Filles-de-la-Charity, inaugurated in 1815, is a pilgrimage site. A few years later, in 1830, a novice named Catherine Labouré said to have had several apparitions, including Christ and the Virgin. She asserted that the Virgin had asked her to have a miraculous medal struck, which was done. In 1832, during a terrible cholera epidemic that caused more than 20,000 deaths, the sisters distributed the first medals: Miracles soon followed with healing of all kinds! This is why the building bears the nickname of Notre-Dame-de-la-Médaille-Miraculeuse chapel. Note that the chapel, expanded in 1849 and completely redesigned in 1930, houses a statue of Saint Vincent-de-Paul which contains the heart of the latter.
AMERICAN CHURCH OF PARIS
Church crowded on Sundays, especially during the tourist seasonRead more
RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CATHEDRAL OF THE HOLY TRINITY
Cathedral with 5 huge golden bulbs typical of Russian religious ...Read more
HOLY CLOTILDE BASILICA
Read moreSainte-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.