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The basilica contains a large and very fine pipe organ built by Aristide Cavaillé-Coll, the most celebrated organ builder in Paris in the 19th century. His other organs included those of Saint-Denis Basilica (1841), Sainte-Clotilde Basilica (1859), Saint-Sulpice church and Notre Dame de Paris (1868). The organ is composed of 109 ranks and 78 ...
The Basilica of Saint Clotilde (Basilique Ste-Clotilde) is a basilica church located on the Rue Las Cases, in the 7th arrondissement of Paris. It was constructed between 1846 and 1856, and is the first example of a church in Paris in the neo-Gothic style.
His organ at the Basilique Ste-Clotilde, Paris (proclaimed a basilica by Pope Leo XIII in 1897) was one of the first to be built with several of these new features. Consequently, it influenced César Franck, who was the titular organist there. The organ works of Franck have inspired generations of organist-composers who came after him. [4]
Butte of Montmartre, (18th arrondissement of Paris) Neo-Byzantine basilica (1875–1914) The church, dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Christ, is located at the highest point in Paris, It was first proposed in 1870 as penitence for the "Misfortunes of France", particularly the defeat of France in the Franco-German War of 1870. [38]
Basilica of Sacré-Coeur: Paris 18e: 13 August 1919: Basilica of Notre-Dame des Victoires, Paris ("Basilica of Our Lady of Victories, Paris") Paris 2e: 23 February 1927: Basilica of Notre-Dame du Perpétuel Secours, Paris ("Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Succour, Paris") Paris 11e: 25 June 1966: Basilica of Our Lady of Boulogne, Boulogne ...
An organ is attested from the beginning; it was replaced in 1493, 1550 and 1762. it was not until July 1791 when the organ was transferred from the Sainte-Chapelle to Saint-Germain l'Auxerrois due to the French Revolution. The organ was built by François-Henri Clicquot, in a case designed by Pierre-Noël Rousset in 1752.
With nearly 8,000 pipes, the great organ, with 101 stops and 147 ranks of pipes, [19] [20] [21] is one of the largest organs in France, competing for first place with the great organ of Notre Dame de Paris, with 115 stops and 156 ranks of pipes, and that of Saint Sulpice, with 102 stops and 135 ranks of pipes, and reaching first place with its ...
The Église Saint-Augustin de Paris (French pronunciation: [eɡliz sɛ̃t‿oɡystɛ̃ də paʁi]; English: Church of St. Augustine) is a Catholic church located at 46 boulevard Malesherbes in the 8th arrondissement of Paris. The church was built between 1860 and 1871 by the Paris city chief architect Victor Baltard.