Guided tour of the church

Name: Visita guiada a la iglesia
Start: 2023-09-16T11:00:00+02:00
End: 2023-09-16T12:00:00+02:00
Location: Église Sainte-Élisabeth-de-Hongrie

Explore four centuries of history on this guided tour by the parish priest, still alive in one of Paris' most beautiful baroque churches.

Sábado 16 septiembre 2023, 11:00Passed

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Explore four centuries of history on this guided tour by the parish priest, still alive in one of Paris' most beautiful baroque churches.

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About the location

Église Sainte-Élisabeth-de-Hongrie

195 rue du Temple 75003 Paris

Paris
Île-de-France

Chapel of an old(former) convent of tertiary sectors(Tertiary) Franciscans. Marie de Médicis lays the 1st stone there in 1628\. She is dedicated under the term of saint Elisabeth of Hungary, 1st saint of third franciscan order, on July 14th, 1646 by the future cardinal of Retz. Disused under Revolution, she(it) becomes parish church in 1809\. Extended in 1825 by Etienne-Hippolyte Godde. Woodworks, stained-glass windows and paintings(paints) of the XIXth century (Blondel, Pujol, Nazaréens). Hundred panels(signs) sculpted of the XVIIth century, representing stages(scenes) of Old(Former) and New Testament, adorn the ambulatory. They result(come) from stalls of the abbey Saint-Vaast of Arras. Remarkable organ of Louis Suret (1853). Conventual church in the order of Malta.