Saint-Pierre-de-Chaillot

Church of Saint-Pierre de Chaillot
Église Saint-Pierre de Chaillot
48°52′04″N 2°17′55″E / 48.8677°N 2.2985°E / 48.8677; 2.2985
Location	16th arrondissement of Paris
Country	France
Denomination	Roman Catholic Church
Website	eglise-chaillot.com

Saint-Pierre de Chaillot (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃.pjɛʁ də ʃa.jo]) is a Roman Catholic parish church in the Chaillot neighborhood of the 16th arrondissement of Paris, at 31, avenue Marceau. It is constructed in the "Romano-Byzantine" style.^[1]

History

The parish of Saint-Pierre de Chaillot dates back to the 11th century. The historic church of the parish was entered from rue de Chaillot, with only a chapel with a brick facade opening onto avenue Marceau. That church hosted the funerals of Guy de Maupassant on 8 July 1893 and of Marcel Proust on 21 November 1922, but all that now survives of it is a statue of the Virgin Mary, the 'Vierge de Chaillot'. The present building (architect:Emile Bois) was started in 1933 and completed in 1938. Henri Bouchard^[2] was the sculptor and Nicholas Untersteller^[3] the painter of the interior frescoes. Pierre Seguin sculpted the column capitals.^[4] The Maumejan brothers did the stained glass windows and also made the mosaic behind the altar in the crypt.^[5] Pierre Ducos de la Haille did the ceiling frescoes in the dome of the sanctuary as well as the frescoes in the crypt consisting of Christ, the Holy Spirit, and Saint Peter.^[6]

Gallery

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  Facade of church, sculptures by Henri Bouchard.
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  Close-up of the facade.
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  A view of the nave.
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  A view of the nave over the organ. Wall fresco by Nicholas Untersteller.
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  Chapel of the Sacred Heart.
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  Chapel of the Virgin.
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  Interior view of the dome over the Altar.
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  The organ of the choir.
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  The Great organ.
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  The Altar.
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  The dome over the nave. Ceiling fresco by Pierre Ducos de la. Haille
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  Stained glass windows.
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  The doors.
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  The Crypt in the basement.
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  Ceiling fresco be Pierre Ducos de la Haille.
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  Saint John on the ceiling of the crypt.
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  Painting of Saint Luke.
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  Saint Mark in the crypt.
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  Saint Matthew painted on the ceiling of the crypt.
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  Entrance to the crypt.
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  Painting of the Bible verse Mark 16:18 on the ceiling.
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  Painting of the Holy Spirit.

References

Bibliography

• Bertrand Lemoine and Lemoine Rivoirard, L'Architecture des années 30, Paris, éditions La Manufacture, 1987, 252 p. (ISBN 2737700027)
• André Deveche, L'église Saint-Pierre-de-Chaillot de Paris, Paris, édition Sides, coll. « Les églises de Paris », 1990

External links

• https://eglise-chaillot.com/

This page was last edited on 5 April 2024, at 14:24