Chapelle Saint-Louis de la Salpêtrière
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| Denomination : | Roman Catholic |
| Patronage : | Ludwig |
| Consecration year : | 1670 |
Coordinates: 48 ° 50 ′ 20 " N , 2 ° 21 ′ 50.8" E
The Saint-Louis de la Salpêtrière chapel was built at the behest of Louis XIV for the Hôpital de la Salpêtrière in Paris .
history
In December 1669, Louis XIV commissioned his architect Louis Le Vau to build a chapel for the La Salpêtrière hospital. However, Le Vau died on October 11, 1670, before construction work had started. The project was entrusted to Libéral Bruant , the architect of the Hôtel des Invalides , who carried it out on the basis of Le Vau's plans.
After the building had stood empty for a long time, it is now used for cultural events, especially for exhibitions and concerts; one of the side chapels is again used for religious purposes.
Building description
The church was built over a plan in the form of a Greek cross. It has four side chapels, which are dedicated to St. Vincent , the Good Shepherd , the Holy Virgin and St. Genoveva . The chapels fill the space between the arms of the cross up to about half their length.
The crossing opens in eight identical round arches alternately to one of the naves and to a chapel. This octagonal central part of the room is covered by a high, windowed drum with a flat dome, at the top of which an oculus provides light.
The structure of the church space served the purpose of separating the various categories of hospital inmates (including beggars, prostitutes, the mentally ill) from one another during services.
The organ was built in a housing from the 18th and 19th centuries. The instrument has 31 stops on three manual works and a pedal. The playing and stop actions are mechanical.
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- Coupling : I / II, I / P, II / P
Views
Individual evidence
- ↑ See the entry for the chapel on the Oberservatoire du Patrimoine Religieux portal .
- ↑ Eric Hazan: The Invention of Paris: No Step Is In Vain. Zurich 2006, ISBN 3-250-10485-X , pp. 237-238.
- ↑ Information on the organ
