Guided tours as part of the children du Patrimoine

Name: Guided tours as part of the children du Patrimoine
Start: 2019-09-20T09:00:00+02:00
End: 2019-09-20T16:00:00+02:00
Location: Oratoire du Louvre

Guided tours of the temple of the Oratory for the children du Patrimoine

Friday 20 September 2019, 09:00, 10:00, 11:00, 14:00, 15:00Passed

Conditions

On registration(inscription) only

Registration

Two classes will be received at the same time, every hour, between 9 h and 12 h and between 14 h and 16 h.
Registrations(Inscriptions) on the children du Patrimoine.
Themes: the Protestantism, the history(story) of this place of worship, the organ, and the 500th birthday(anniversary) of the birth of Gaspar de Coligny.

About the location

Oratoire du Louvre

145 rue Saint-Honoré 75001 Paris

Paris
Île-de-France

This building, owned by the City of Paris, is classified as a historical monument: the church was built from 1621 by Cardinal de Bérulle, founder of the Congregation of Priests of the Oratory. Louis XIII made it the royal chapel of the Louvre Palace in 1623\. Napoleon made it available to the Protestants of Paris in 1811\. The chair is from the period, Bossuet and Malebranche in particular preached there. The drum and stalls come from the Saint-Louis du Louvre church and were integrated into the Oratory when they converted it into a Protestant temple. The large organs were rebuilt in 1960\. At 160 rue de Rivoli, at the side of the church, stands the monument of Admiral Gaspard de Coligny, who died during the massacre of Saint Barthélemy in 1572; this monumental marble statue of Carrara was erected in 1889 for the centenary of the Revolution.
The Oratory of the Louvre has also distinguished itself in the history of France, of Paris (five centuries of history in the heart of Paris, royal