Guided tour of Saint Marcel church

Name: Visite guidée de l'église Saint Marcel
Start: 2023-09-16T15:00:00+02:00
End: 2023-09-16T17:00:00+02:00
Location: Église Saint-Marcel

Guided tour of the church Saint Marcel on 16/09/2023 from 3pm to 5pm. It houses the relics of Saint Marcel, bishop of Paris who died in 436\. He is co-patron of the city of Paris with Saint Genev...

Samedi 16 septembre 2023, 15h00Passé

Guided tour of the church Saint Marcel on 16/09/2023 from 3pm to 5pm. It houses the relics of Saint Marcel, bishop of Paris who died in 436. He is co-patron of the city of Paris with Saint Geneviève and Saint Denis. The church of Saint Marcel is classified Architecture Contemporaine Remarquable. "The label «Architecture contemporaine remarquable» is an official French label created in 2016 by the Ministry of Culture to be awarded to architectural and urban development projects built for less than 100 years on the date of labellisation, and regarded as aesthetically and technically remarkable."

À propos du lieu

Église Saint-Marcel

82 boulevard de l'Hôpital 75013 Paris

Paris
Île-de-France

Parish church realised by the architect Daniel Michelin and inaugurated by the cardinal Feltin on December 18th, 1966 and dedicated in 1967\. First Parisian church implementing the recommendations of the council Vatican City II. Two brass statues of Jean Cattant, two stained-glass windows of Isabel Rouault. The Way of the Cross(long, hard way) on plates(patches) of lava peppered with Francesca warrior. Big(Great) organs Beuchet-Debierre (1967). Tapestry of Gobelins weaved on a cardboard(box) of the painter Singier. Crucifix in the centre of the chorus(choir) of Mgr Michel Aupetit. Patchworks embroidered by the workshops(studios) of Saint Marcel. In 1992, Jean, the son of Daniel Michelin, begins(undertakes) the realisation of the whole portail-clocher-narthex. The silhouette of saint Marcel appears in the stained-glass window which adorns the facade and the external glass roof are of Henry Guerin (1993). The church keeps(preserves) the relics of saint Marcel, 9th bishop of Paris and co-boss of the city.