# Église luthérienne de la Cité de l'Ill

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Église luthérienne de la Cité de l’Ill presents a contemporary architectural landmark in the Cité de l’Ill district of France. Architect Erasme Schwab designed it. Built in the 1960s, the church uses sweeping concrete and glass to create a broad, sheltering silhouette. Its roof suggests open butterfly wings. That form expressed protection and welcome for a rapidly growing postwar neighbourhood and its Lutheran congregation. Worship shaped the building’s community life. Youth groups, communal gatherings and flea markets once filled the church and its adjacent foyer with activity. Public access later ceased because the building declined. The foyer remains a setting for shared celebrations, meetings and social support, while volunteers consider a more open communal future. The church therefore records both an architectural experiment and the changing needs of the neighbourhood around it. Its wide roof preserves that original image of shelter.

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