St-Jean-Bosco (Paris)

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Saint-Jean-Bosco church in Paris

The Saint-Jean-Bosco Church is a Roman Catholic parish church in Paris . It belongs to the Archdiocese of Paris and is located at number 79 on rue Alexandre-Dumas in the 20th arrondissement of Paris . She is the founder of the Salesian consecrated . The church has been a protected architectural monument ( Monument historique ) since 2001 .

description

Interior of the church

The church was built by the architect Dimitrou Rotter (1878–1938) and his son René Rotter from 1933 to 1937 in the Art Deco style. The foundation stone was blessed in March 1933 by Cardinal Jean Verdier and it was completed on October 10, 1937. The parish belonging to it was established on February 20, 1938 and is supplied by the Order of the Salesians of Don Bosco.

The exterior of the church is made of reinforced concrete, completely covered with a white coating. The church is 60 meters high.

Christ mosaic

The ornamentation and the Way of the Cross come from the studio of the Mauméjean brothers . The windows were made by Jean Gaudin and Antoine Bessac . The sculptures were made by George Sarrez , the ironwork was done by Raymond Subes .

Cardinal Verdier was immortalized on a mosaic.

organ

The organ was built in 1991 by the Dargassies organ building company. The instrument has 29 stops on two manual works and a pedal . The actions are electric.

I Grand Orgue C-g 3
1. Montre 16 ′
2. Bourdon 16 ′
3. Montre 8th'
4th Bourdon 8th'
5. Flûte harmonique 8th'
6th Dulciane 8th'
7th Prestant 4 ′
8th. Duplicate 2 ′
9. Plein-Jeu IV
10. Chamade 8th'
II Récit expressif C – g 3
11. diapason 8th'
12. Cor de nuit 8th'
13. Viol 8th'
14th Voix céleste 8th'
15th Flûte à fuseau 4 ′
16. Flute 2 ′
17th Sesquialtera II
18th Basson 16 ′
19th Trumpets 8th'
20th Hautbois 8th'
21st Chamade 8th'
22nd Soprano 4 ′
tremolo
Pedale C – f 1
23. Soubasse 32 ′
24. Soubasse 16 ′
25th Principal 16 ′
26th Bass 8th'
27. Octave 4 ′
28. Flute 4 ′
29 Basson 16 ′
  • Coupling : I / I (also as super octave coupling), II / I (also as sub and super octave coupling), I / P, II / P.

literature

  • Pierre Vérot: L'Art du décor figuré , in: Les Chantiers du Cardinal, 189, 2010, 3, pp. 18–19
  • Laetitia Bonnefoy: Le 20e arrondissement: itinéraires d'histoire et d'architecture , Direction générale de l'information et de la communication, Action artistique de la ville de Paris, Paris 2000

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Information on the organ (French)

Coordinates: 48 ° 51 '18 "  N , 2 ° 23' 53"  E