Guided tour of the Church of Saint Joan of Arc of Versailles and its great organ

Name: Guided tour of the Church of Saint Joan of Arc of Versailles and its great organ
Start: 2023-09-17T14:00:00+02:00
End: 2023-09-17T18:00:00+02:00
Location: Église Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc

History and commented visit of the church of Sainte-Jeanne d'Arc of Versailles with interludes played on the choir organ and on the great organ. Presentation in music of the great organ then visit co…

Sunday 17 September 2023, 14:00, 16:00Passed

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Free entrance

Francis Roudier

History and commented visit of the church of Sainte-Jeanne d'Arc de Versailles with interludes played on the choir organ and the great organ. Musical presentation of the great organ then guided tour inside the instrument.

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Gratuit

Type de public

Tout public

About the location

Église Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc

Place Élisabeth-Brasseur 78000 Versailles

Yvelines
Île-de-France

Church dedicated to Saint Joan of Arc built by the architect Guilbert in reinforced concrete, commissioned by Canon Subtil according to a wish granted by Monsignor Gibier if Versailles was spared from bombing during the war of 1914-1918\. Large building with four large arches and a dome dedicated on May 31, 1926\. Oil painting on canvas marooned in the apse of Henriette Lebon-Delore (1934), expressionist painter student of Maurice Denis describing the scenes of the life of Jeanne d'Arc: childhood, coronation of Charles VII in Reims, his death on a pyre in Rouen. Mosaics, stained glass windows by Maurice Rocher (1977), large Muller organ (1964) from the Maison de la Radio installed in 2008 on the gallery.