Visit Saint Marceau church

Name: Visit Saint Marceau church
Start: 2023-09-16T15:00:00+02:00
End: 2023-09-17T18:00:00+02:00
Location: Église Saint-Marceau

Guided tour of the church for 30 minutes, followed by 30 minutes of organ presentation.

16 and 17 September 2023Passed

Bernard Héraut

Guided tour of the church for 30 minutes, followed by 30 minutes of organ presentation.

Types d'événement

Visite commentée / Conférence

Thèmes 2023

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Conditions de participation

Gratuit

Type de public

Tout public

About the location

Église Saint-Marceau

121 rue Saint-Marceau 45000 Orléans

Loiret
Centre-Val de Loire

The present church was built between 1888 and 1891 on the foundations of a medieval building. There is therefore a typical 19th-century church (nave with aisles – transepts – choir) and the bell tower-porch of the old church, flanked by the presbytery, which gives access to the courtyard, in the place of the nave; In the background the old choir serves as a parish hall and is flanked by the old sacristy. In the current bell tower-porch, there are three bells all broken during a bombing on August 17, 1944, and rebuilt in 1945\. Destroyed by a military explosion, the original organ of the late nineteenth century was replaced by a Merklin organ financed with compensation for war damage. The current organ was built in 2001 by Bernard Aubertin.