Notre-Dame-de-Lorette (Paris)

Notre-Dame-de-Lorette

The parish church of Notre-Dame-de-Lorette is a church in Paris built in the style of a Roman basilica . It is located in the 9th arrondissement , about 100 m north of Rue la Fayette . The basilica is dedicated to the Patronage of Our Lady of Loreto .

history

The construction period extended from 1823 to 1836. The architect was Louis-Hippolyte Lebas , who was also involved in the construction of the Paris stock exchange, the Palais Brongniart . The patronage of the church is intended to commemorate the miracle in which angels are said to have carried the house of the Holy Family from Nazareth to Loreto in Italy.

Leaded glass window

Window depicting the Assumption of Mary

The stained glass windows in the church are the first windows made by the Manufacture de Sèvres . They were made in the 1830s from cardboard boxes by well-known artists; the depiction of the Assumption of Mary comes from Pierre Delorme .

organ

Organ, Cavaillé-Coll 1838

Aristide Cavaillé-Coll built one of his first organs in the church from 1836–1838 . The composer César Franck was organist here from 1846 to 1859. The organ builders Stolz and Haerpfer-Erman repaired them in 1881 and 1975 respectively. The organ is classified as a monument historique and has the following disposition :

I positive C – f 3 Montre 8th' Bourdon 8th' Salicional 8th' Prestant 4 ′ Flute 4 ′ Nasard 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′ Duplicate 2 ′ Tierce 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′ Fittings IV Cymbals III Cornet V Trumpets 8th' Cromorne 8th' Clairon 4 ′

II Grand Orgue C – f 3 Montre 16 ′ Bourdon 16 ′ Montre 8th' Bourdon 8th' Flûte cônique 8th' Prestant 4 ′ Flute 4 ′ Nasard 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′ Fourth 2 ′ Tierce 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′ Large fourniture III Fittings III – IV Cymbals IV Cornet V Bombard 8 ′ + 16 ′ Trumpets 8th' Hautbois 8th' Clairon 4 ′

III Récit expressif C – f 3 Bourdon 8th' Flûte traversière 8th' Flûte octaviante 4 ′ Flûte à cheminée 4 ′ Flageolet 2 ′ Cornet III Cor anglais 16 ′ Trumpets 8th' Hautbois 8th' Voix humaine 8th'

Pedale C – d 1 Flute 16 ′ Flute 8th' Flute 4 ′ Bombard 16 ′ Trumpets 8th' Clairon 4 ′

• Coupling : Pos./GO; Tirasse GO; Tirasse pos.
• Tremblant .
• Appel d'anches GO

Surroundings

Right next to the church of the same name is Metro station Notre Dame de Lorette of Line 12 . Rue Notre-Dame-de-Lorette runs next to the church.

literature

• Mairie de Paris (ed.): Vitraux parisiens. Les strolls du patromoine n ° 11 . Paris 2010

To the organ

• Edward J. Hopkins and Edward Francis Rimbault: The Organ Its History and Construction: A Comprehensive Treatise on the Structure & Capabilities of the Organ . R. Cocks / H. Bailiere, London / New York 1870, p. 415 ( online ).

Web links

Commons : Notre-Dame-de-Lorette (Paris)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Église Notre-Dame-de-Lorette in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
• Text and photos from the parish (French)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Information on the organ

Coordinates: 48 ° 52 ′ 35 "  N , 2 ° 20 ′ 20.4"  E