St-Germain-de-Charonne (Paris)

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South side
The north side with the cemetery

The Catholic parish church of Saint-Germain-de-Charonne was built in the 15th century in the Gothic style. It is surrounded by a cemetery and is located at 4 Place Saint-Blaise in the 20th arrondissement of Paris . The nearest metro stations are Gambetta and Porte de Bagnolet on line 3 . In 1923 the church was added to the list of French architectural monuments as Monument historique .

history

In the 12th or 13th century the first church was built, of which the tower is still preserved. According to legend, it was at the point of a chapel built in the 5th century, St. Germanus of Auxerre (Germain) was doomed and his first encounter with the Holy of Holy Genevieve , who later became the patron saint should of Paris, remember. During the Hundred Years' War the church burned down and in the 15th century a new church was built into which the tower of the previous church was integrated. When the west portal fell victim to a fire in the 18th century , the entrance was moved to the south side and in 1837 today's portal was created in the classicism style . Saint-Germain-de-Charonne was the parish church of the former independent parish of Charonne before it was incorporated into Paris in 1860.

Bell tower

architecture

Exterior construction

The 12th / 13th century rises above the second yoke of the south aisle. Bell tower preserved in the 19th century. It is supported by massive buttresses and is crowned by a pyramid roof. On all four sides it is broken up by arched sound arcades . An octagonal stair tower is built on its south side.

The entrance portal is on the south side of the first nave yoke. It is framed by two simple pilasters and a triangular gable . The south side of the two eastern bays is pierced by two Gothic tracery windows and supported by projecting flying buttresses , under which the sacristy was built in the 19th century .

inner space

The interior is divided into three naves and four bays by pointed arches on octagonal pillars from the 15th century . An inscription is engraved in one of the pillars with the year 1460. The pillars under the bell tower date from the 12th and 13th. Century and are decorated with leaf capitals . The choir is angularly closed. Adjacent to it are a chapel dedicated to St. Blaise and a chapel dedicated to Mary .

inner space

Leaded glass window

Around 1950, the glass painters Paul-Henri Bony , Adéline Hebert-Stevens and Pauline Peugniez were commissioned to produce the leaded glass windows . The choir windows depict the Virgin Mary, St. Joseph with the baby Jesus, St. Cecilia and St. Genoveva. A window in the south aisle shows St. Blaise saving a child who has swallowed a fishbone. The other windows are dedicated to St. Vincent de Paul , the patron saint Germanus of Auxerre, St. Laurentius and St. Catherine .

Furnishing

  • At the entrance, the painting La Rencontre de saint Germain et de sainte Geneviève by Joseph-Benoît Suvée (1743–1807) commemorates the meeting of St. Germanus with St. Genoveva.
  • In the choir there is a wooden sculpture from the 18th century depicting St. Blaise, the second patron saint of the church.

organ

View of the organ

The organ is the work of organ builder Marie Antoine Louis Suret , it was installed between 1850 and 1860. In 1991 the instrumental part of the organ was added to the list of Monuments historiques . The purely mechanical instrument has 13  stops on two manual works and a pedal .

I Grand Orgue C – f 3
1. Bourdon 00 16 ′
2. Bourdon 08th'
3. Flute 08th'
4th Prestant 04 ′
5. Salicional 04 ′
6th Trumpets 08th'
7th Clairon 04 ′
Tremulant
II Récit expressif C – f 3
8th. Viol 08th'
9. Voix céleste 08th'
10. Flûte douce 08th'
11. Flûte harmonique 08th'
12. Hautbois 08th'
Pedale C – d 1
13. Soubasse 16 ′

literature

  • Georges Brunel, Marie-Laure Deschamps-Bourgeon, Yves Gagneux: Dictionnaire des Églises de Paris . Éditions Hervas, Paris 2000 (1st edition 1995), ISBN 2-903118-77-9 , pp. 243–245.
  • Jean Colson, Marie-Christine Lauroa (eds.): Dictionnaire des Monuments de Paris , Paris 2003 (1st edition 1992), ISBN 2-84334-001-2 , pp. 688-689.
  • Aline Dumoulin, Alexandra Ardisson, Jérôme Maingard, Murielle Antonello: Paris D'Église en Église . Éditions Massin, Paris 2008, ISBN 978-2-7072-0583-4 , pp. 377-378.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Information on the organ

Web links

Commons : Saint-Germain-de-Charonne (Paris)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 48 ° 51 ′ 38 "  N , 2 ° 24 ′ 14"  E