Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-Consolation
Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-Consolation stands in Paris’s Champs-Élysées area as a Catholic chapel and memorial. Its neo-classical frontage carries two statues representing charity and faith. Inscriptions recall the Bazar de la Charité fire and include a biblical exhortation from Saint Paul.
Built on the disaster site, the chapel received its foundation stone on 4 May 1898. Architect Albert Guilbert designed the chapel for this memorial purpose. Its inauguration followed on 4 May 1900, and Guilbert received a gold medal at that year’s Exposition Universelle. The tragedy also influenced forensic dentistry and fire-safety standards.
Inside, a surrounding corridor presents a Way of the Cross with sculptures honouring the victims. Louis-Auguste Hiolin created those sculptures for the chapel. Henri Carot made stained-glass windows including scenes of the Assumption of Mary. Above the nave, a dome carries Albert Maignan and Henri Zo’s fresco of the Holy Spirit as a dove. The chapel became a listed historic monument in 1982.
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