Église Saint-Gervais
Église Saint-Gervais stands in Paris’s fourth arrondissement, within the Marais, on a slight rise above the Seine. Its parish history reaches back to the seventh century, when boatmen and fishermen gathered near the river port.
The present church took shape between 1494 and 1657, combining late Gothic and Renaissance influences in its tall, simple nave. Salomon de Brosse designed its facade as Paris’s first French Baroque example. Three classical orders rise one above another across the front, a pattern that influenced churches throughout France and Europe.
Inside, medieval carved choir stalls stand beside sixteenth-century stained glass, seventeenth-century sculptures, and paintings by Sebastiano Ricci and Claude Vignon. Large windows fill the nave with light. The historic organ recalls the Couperin family, while modern stained glass comes from Sylvie Gaudin and Claude Courageux. During the French Revolution, the building became a Temple of Reason before returning to the Church in 1802. In 1975, it became the headquarters of the Monastic Fraternities of Jerusalem. A late Gothic vault crowns the Chapel of the Virgin.
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