Abbaye Royale du Val-de-Grâce - École du Val-de-Grâce
1 place Alphonse-Laveran 75005 Paris
The Val-de-Grâce Royal Abbey was built in 1621 at the request of Queen Anne of Austria to house a community of Benedictine nuns. The church was built on the wish of Anne of Austria, the wife of King Louis XIII, to raise “a magnificent temple” to God if he sent her a son. On September 5, 1638, after twenty-three years of marriage, the future Louis XIV was born. In the month preceding her birth, Anne of Austria, faithful to her promise, commissioned François Mansart, the architect of the Crown, to draw up the plans for the church. However, he had to wait until he became regent before he could order the actual beginning of the work. The first stone of the church was not laid until April 1, 1645, by the child king himself, then aged seven. The construction of the church, first entrusted to François Mansart, then to Jacques Le Mercier and finally to Pierre Le Muet, assisted by Gabriel Le Duc, was completed in 1669, three years after the death of Anne of Austria. The greatest artists of the
Tags
Édifice religieux, Monument historique
Acceso
RER B Port-Royal / Bus 21, 27, 38, 83, 91
