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The first church was destroyed by the Vikings and rebuilt. The present church was consecrated in 1163, and is considered the oldest church in Paris. The flying buttresses, from the 12th century, were the first on a Paris church. [15] It was named for Saint Germain, an early Bishop of the city. Saint-Nicolas-des-Champs: 254 rue Saint Martin
The Church of Saint-Germain-des-Prés (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ ʒɛʁmɛ̃ de pʁe]) is a Catholic parish church located in the Saint-Germain-des-Prés quarter of Paris. It was originally the church of a Benedictine abbey founded in 558 by Childebert I, the son of Clovis, King of the Franks.
North of the church, in the Square René Viviani, is found the oldest tree in Paris. It is a locust tree planted in 1602 by Jean Robin, gardener-in-chief during the reign of kings Henry III, Henry IV, and Louis XIII. Also known as the "Lucky Tree of Paris", it is thought to bring years of good luck to those who gently touch the tree's bark.
Begun in 543, this Latin Quarter church is one of the oldest religious institutions still standing in Paris. Although the original structure was destroyed by Vikings, the bell tower that still ...
It is the oldest standing church in the Americas and the oldest church building in the Dominican Republic (Roman Catholic) St. Paul's Church, Malacca , Malaysia , built in 1521 as a Roman Catholic chapel and finally abandoned in 1753.
This church was entered from rue de Chaillot, and was a simple chapel with a brick facade opening onto avenue Marceau. The city of Paris today owns the church, because it was built on city property. [2] The former church hosted the funerals of Guy de Maupassant on 8 July 1893 and of Marcel Proust on 21 November 1922. All that remains of the old ...
Saint-Pierre de Montmartre (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ pjɛʁ də mɔ̃maʁtʁ]) is the second oldest surviving church in Paris, after the Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Pres. It is one of the two main churches on Montmartre, the other being the more famous 19th-century Sacré-Cœur Basilica, just above it. Saint-Pierre de Montmartre, begun in ...
During the Paris Commune in 1871, the church became a socialist women's club. During the French Revolution, the church was closed, pillaged, and converted into a barn for storing feed for animals, a printing shop, and a gunpowder factory at various times. [3] Some of the original stained glass still remains, despite the revolutionary vandalism.