Église Saint-Georges

Église Saint-Georges stands in Cannes as a nineteenth-century church shaped by the city’s British royal connections. Its pointed arches, ribbed vaults, and large windows reveal an early English Gothic Revival design. Sir Arthur Blomfield designed the building, while F. W. Pomeroy created the Saint George statue above the entrance.

Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany, died in Cannes in March 1884 after frequent visits there. His brother, the Prince of Wales, commissioned a church rather than a small chapel in his memory. The foundation stone followed in February 1886, and consecration took place a year later with the prince present. Queen Victoria visited several times, including for Princess Alice’s confirmation. Stained-glass windows by Heaton, Butler and Bayne and Powell enrich the interior.

A mortuary chapel appeared beside the church in 1892, and an organ was reconstructed during the early twentieth century. Electric lighting arrived in 1901. After nearly ninety years serving Cannes’s Anglican community, the building became city property in 1970 and Catholic in 1974. Anglican services still occasionally take place through ecumenical exchanges.