Guided tour of the Cloister of the former Dominican Convent, now the site of Sciences-Po, and the church of Saint Thomas Aquinas

Name: Visite guidée du Cloître de l'ancien couvent des Dominicains, maintenant site de Sciences-Po, et de l'église Saint-Thomas d'Aquin
Start: 2022-09-17T11:00:00+02:00
End: 2022-09-17T12:30:00+02:00
Location: Église Saint-Thomas-d'Aquin

Visit of the Cloister of the former Dominican convent, now the site of Sciences-Po and the church of Saint Thomas Aquinas

Samedi 17 septembre 2022, 11h00Passé

Marie-Claire Alfroid

Visit of the restored cloister of the former Dominican convent, which after the revolution became the property of the army under the name of "Hotel de l'Artillerie", today, site of Sciences-Po Paris. - Church of the former convent of the Dominican novitiate built by Pierre Bullet at the end of the 17th century, which became a parish church after the Revolution of 1789. Many paintings, including one by Guerchin and murals by Merry-Joseph Blondel, not forgetting the ceiling of the Saint-Louis chapel painted by Lemoine and paintings by Brother André: Saint Louis receiving the crown of thorns from the hands of the Archbishop of Sens.

À propos du lieu

Église Saint-Thomas-d'Aquin

Place Saint-Thomas-d'Aquin 75007 Paris

Paris
Île-de-France

Church of the former convent of the novitiate of the Dominicans built by Pierre Bullet at the end of the seventeenth century, became parish church after the Revolution of 1789\. Numerous paintings including one by Guerchin as well as murals by Merry-Joseph Blondel without forgetting the ceiling of the Saint-Louis chapel painted by Lemoine and paintings by Brother André: Saint Louis receiving the crown of thorns from the hands of the Archbishop of Sens.