Église Notre-Dame-de-la-Croix
Église Notre-Dame-de-la-Croix stands in Ménilmontant, Paris’s twentieth arrondissement, above a steep hill reached by fifty-five steps. Its Gothic and Romanesque forms give the parish church an imposing profile.
Louis-Jean-Antoine Herét designed the building, constructed between 1863 and 1880 for the growing working-class neighbourhood. The nave rises above twenty metres. During the Paris Commune in 1871, the church temporarily became a political meeting hall before returning to religious use. Its 97-metre length and 78-metre bell tower make the building one of Paris’s largest churches.
Neo-Romanesque decoration fills the interior, where exposed iron ribs support the vaulted ceilings. Tall Corinthian columns shape the narthex. Floral arcades, sculpted saints’ heads and decorative stained glass lead towards chapels dedicated to Joan of Arc and Saint-Benoît-Joseph-Labre. Aristide Cavaillé-Coll’s grand organ contains twenty-six stops in a configuration adapted to the building’s structure.
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