Free visit of the chapel of Conflans

Name: Visite libre de la chapelle de Conflans
Start: 2023-09-17T14:00:00+02:00
End: 2023-09-17T18:30:00+02:00
Location: Chapelle de Conflans

Free visit of the chapel of Conflans, former chapel of the Petit Séminaire de Paris, in neo-Gothic style.

Dimanche 17 septembre 2023, 14h00Passé

Christelle Gross

Free visit of the chapel of Conflans, former chapel of the Petit Séminaire de Paris, neo-gothic style. Visits to the Cavaillé-Coll organ will be organized by the titular organist of Charenton-le-Pont during the afternoon.

Types d'événement

Visite libre

Thèmes 2023

Aucune sélection

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Conditions de participation

Gratuit

Type de public

Tout public

À propos du lieu

Chapelle de Conflans

Parc de Conflans 7 rue de l'Archevêché / 2 rue du séminaire de Conflans 94220 Charenton-le-Pont

Val-de-Marne
Île-de-France

Located at the crossroads of two major communication routes, the Marne and the Seine, the mound that dominates this confluence, "Conflans" in old French, became from the Middle Ages a strategic place with a castle. Subsequently, the population growing a church mentioned as early as the fourteenth century, was erected in Conflans. It served until the completion of the present church of Saint-Pierre in 1859\. After many adventures, Saint Madeleine Sophie Barat founded the Congregation of the Sisters of the Sacred Heart in 1830\. In 1843, they started building a large building, probably completed in 1867: it is the current Chapel of Conflans. After the departure of the Sisters, the Minor Seminary moved in 1911 and did not leave until 1970\. Buildings are acquired by the Lycée Notre-Dame des Missions, by the Ecole d'Architecture de Paris. The chapel and its crypt, diocesan property, are attached to the parish of Saint-Pierre, in an isolated area. The restoration of the Chapel This place, f