St-Augustin (Paris)

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St-Augustin in Paris

The Paris parish church of St-Augustin (French: Saint-Augustin ) is considered to be the first church with an iron structure. It is located on the square of the same name, Place St-Augustin , in the 8th arrondissement , about 300 m west of the Saint-Lazare train station in the Quartier de l'Europe .

Location and dimensions

The church was built on a property in the shape of a trapezoid , is approx. 94 m long and together with the dome approx. 80 m high.

history

The church was built between 1860 and 1871 by the architect Victor Baltard .

In January 1867, the future Cardinal Benoît-Marie Langénieux was appointed parish priest. He pushed ahead with the construction of the church and had the huge choir of the church building equipped to accommodate a pastor and twenty vicars.

Emperor Napoleon III. decided that the crypt of this church should be reserved for the burials of princesses and princes of the imperial family, while those of emperors should take place in the basilica of Saint-Denis.

It was in this church that Charles de Foucauld learned his calling, influenced by the pastor Huvelin.

The Saint-Augustin station of Métro Paris ( line 9 ) was named after the church and the square .

description

The church, with its neo-Byzantine domes of the Boulevard Malesherbes of view

The church was built by the architect Victor Baltard , who also designed the Halles de Paris . It is a work of eclecticism , which is influenced by Romanesque , French Gothic and Byzantine architecture at the same time . At the same time, it is the first church in which structural elements made of metal were used on a large scale. It measures 94 meters in length and the dome rises more than 80 meters above the ground. Due to the metal construction, there are no side braces. The property was not right-angled, so the building is quite peculiar, with a squat facade and a very large choir. As you approach the building, the side chapels come more and more into view.

Outer shape

The apostle frieze on the south facade

The church is assigned to eclecticism , as it combines elements of the Romanesque , French Gothic and Renaissance styles . The ornaments on the stone facade symbolize the four evangelists and the twelve apostles .

Furnishing

The inner columns, which are made of cast iron , are remarkable . They support the ceiling and the dome and, with their polychrome coloring, are also decorative elements of the church furnishings .

The paintings in the nave show: The baptism of St. Augustine and the death of St. Monica and were carried out by the painter Diogène Maillart .

window

Detail of a window with the signature: LUSSON A PARIS 1867

Most of the leaded glass windows date from the time the church was built. They were partly created by Antoine Lusson in Paris. The painting of the nave windows depicts bishops and saints of the first centuries of Christianity.

There are several sculptures by the sculptor Mathurin Moreau in the church .

organ

organ

The first organ was completed by Albert Peschard in 1868 ; it had 42 registers on three manuals and a pedal with an electric action . The maintenance of the organ was carried out by Charles Spackman Barker . In 1889 Aristide Cavaillé-Coll was commissioned to repair the organ and in 1897 replaced the (actually more advanced, but not yet fully developed) electrical system with a classic mechanical action. In 1962 the Beuchet- Debierre company enlarged the organ. In 1988 it was re-intoned by Bernard Dargassies . Today she has the following disposition :

I Grand-Orgue C-g 3
1. Montre 16 ′
2. Bourdon 16 ′
3. Montre 8th'
4th Salicional 8th'
5. Bourdon 8th'
6th Flûte Harmonique 8th'
7th Flûte douce 4 ′
8th. Prestant 4 ′
9. Fifth 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
10. Duplicate 2 ′
11. Cornet V (à l'UT)
12. Fittings V.
13. Cymbals IV
14th Bombard 16 ′
15th Trumpets 8th'
16. Clairon 4 ′
II positive C-g 3
17th Bourdon 16 ′
18th Principal 8th'
19th Bourdon 8th'
20th Flûte Harmonique 8th'
21st Flûte douce 4 ′
22nd Prestant 4 ′
23. Fifth 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
24. Plein Jeu IV
25th Cromorne 8th'
26th Trumpets 8th'
27. Clairon 4 ′
III Récit expressif C – g 3
28. Quintaton 16 ′
29 diapason 8th'
30th Cor de Nuit 8th'
31. Viole de Gambe 8th'
32. Voix Celeste 8th'
33. Flûte octaviante 4 ′
34. Octavine 2 ′
35. Clarinet 8th'
36. Basson-Hautbois 8th'
37. Voix Humaine 8th'
38. Bombard 16 ′
39. Trumpets 8th'
40. Clairon 4 ′
41. Carillon III
Tremblant
Pedale C–
42. Bourdon 32 ′
43. Soubasse 16 ′
44. Flute 16 ′
45. Contrebasse 16 ′
46. Bass 8th'
47. Flute 8th'
48. Flute 4 ′
49. Basson 16 ′
50. Basson 8th'
51. Bombard 16 ′
52. Trumpets 8th'
53. Clairon 4 ′
  • Couple:
    • Accouplements: POS / GO, REC / GO, REC / POS, Octaves graves GO, Octaves aigues REC / GO.
    • Tirasses : GO, POS, REC, Appels d'Anches PED, GO, POS, REC, Appel GO.

Your titular organists were:

literature

  • Julia Droste-Hennings, Thorsten Droste: Paris. A city and its myth . DuMont-Reiseverlag, Cologne 2003, ISBN 3-7701-6090-8 , p. 312.
  • Heinfried Wischermann: Architekturführer Paris , Gerd Hatje Verlag, Ostfildern 1997, ISBN 3-7757-0606-2 , p. 86.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Georges Poisson : Napoléon chez les rois de France à Saint-Denis . In: Revue Napoléon 1 er . No. 31, March / April 2005, p. 44.
  2. ↑ Ilse Krumpöck: The images in the Army History Museum. Vienna 2004, p. 124 f.

Web links

Commons : St-Augustin (Paris)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 48 ° 52 ′ 35 ″  N , 2 ° 19 ′ 8 ″  E