150 Churches in Paris and elsewhere

  Nineteenth century neoromanesque church. The architect was Emile Vaudremer and he took general inspiration from Roman basicilas and stuff. He also designed the Lycée Buffon, a Parisian high school. During the war against Prussia in 1870, part of the church was used as a hospital ward. The following year, during the Paris commune, when the ordinary workers controlled the city, the church was used as a debating chamber. The belltower served as a lookout tower, because the army of reaction was on its way from Versailles.  A canon was set up at the top. On the 23rd May the church was attacked and 37 men were executed by the Versaillais.  The church has rather gloomy  Stations of the Cross, but an impressive pulpit and altar canopy.