Discover this church: a Romanesque inspiration from the Midi

Name: Découvrez cette église : une inspiration romane du Midi
Start: 2023-09-16T14:00:00+02:00
End: 2023-09-17T18:00:00+02:00
Location: Église Saint-Paul

Charles Questel won the architectural competition for the construction of a new parish church at the age of 28\. Inspired by the Romanesque churches of the South, Questel is responsible for...

16 et 17 septembre 2023Passé

©Ville de Nîmes

Charles Questel won the architectural competition for the construction of a new parish church at the age of 28. Inspired by the Romanesque churches of the South, Questel was responsible for the design of the church’s architecture, furniture and decoration.

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Église Saint-Paul

Place de la Madeleine, 30900 Nîmes

Gard
Occitanie

This place of worship, built by Charles Questel from 1835, is the first example of neo-Romance architecture in France. The internal decorations(sets), of Byzantine inspiration, are the work of a pupil of famous Ingres, Hippolyte Flandrin. His(Her,Its) remarkable organ is signed Aristide Cavaillé-Coll. Photo credit (c) DR