Chapelle de Conflans
Parc de Conflans 7 rue de l'Archevêché / 2 rue du séminaire de Conflans 94220 Charenton-le-Pont
- Val-de-Marne
- Île-de-France
Located at the crossroads of two major communication routes, the Marne and the Seine, the mound that dominates this confluence, "Conflans" in old French, became from the Middle Ages a strategic place with a castle. Subsequently, the population growing a church mentioned as early as the fourteenth century, was erected in Conflans. It served until the completion of the present church of Saint-Pierre in 1859\. After many adventures, Saint Madeleine Sophie Barat founded the Congregation of the Sisters of the Sacred Heart in 1830\. In 1843, they started building a large building, probably completed in 1867: it is the current Chapel of Conflans. After the departure of the Sisters, the Minor Seminary moved in 1911 and did not leave until 1970\. Buildings are acquired by the Lycée Notre-Dame des Missions, by the Ecole d'Architecture de Paris. The chapel and its crypt, diocesan property, are attached to the parish of Saint-Pierre, in an isolated area. The restoration of the Chapel This place, f
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M° 8 Liberté, Charenton-Écoles
