Église Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption

Église Notre-Dame-de-l’Assomption stands in Paris’s First arrondissement as a Roman Catholic church shaped by Baroque design. Its construction ran from 1670 to 1676, during the reign of Louis XIV. Charles Errard designed the building with references to Ancient Rome and the Italian Renaissance. The final structure departed from his original plans after difficulties during construction.

Six classical Corinthian columns form the façade. Behind them, a 24-metre rotunda rises beneath a cupola supported by Corinthian columns. Baroque paintings enrich the rounded interior, while a late nineteenth-century organ by Aristide Cavaillé-Coll adds another striking feature. The building began as a convent church for the Haudriettes and later served as storage for opera and theatre sets during the French Revolution.

Catholic worship returned in 1802, and the site became Paris’s leading Polish Catholic church in 1844. General Lafayette’s funeral took place here in 1834. Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord’s remains rested inside temporarily in 1838. French heritage protection recognised the church as a historical monument in 1907.