General Information
Project Type
| Function / usage: |
Church |
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Location
| Location: |
Paris ( 7th), Paris, Ile-de-France, France |
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| Address: | place Saint-Thomas-d'Aquin |
| Coordinates: | 48° 51' 22.97" N 2° 19' 39.35" E |
Technical Information
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Excerpt from Wikipedia
Saint-Thomas-d'Aquin is a Roman Catholic church located in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, place Saint-Thomas-d’Aquin, between the rue du Bac and the boulevard Saint-Germain.
History
- 1632 : construction of a Dominican chapel on the corner of the rue du Bac and the cows' road. The monastery of Saint-Thomas-d’Aquin was created by Françoise de Saliné, daughter of the seigneur d’Argombat, whose religious name was Françoise des Séraphins.
- 1682 : construction of the present church to the designs of the architect Pierre Bullet. The church was consecrated in 1683, and dedicated to St Dominic.
- 1722 : construction of the choir of the monks which is now the chapel of Saint Louis.
- From 1735 to 1739 : construction of the Dominican novice house
- 1791 : the church of the convent was made parochial with a dedication to St Thomas Aquinas.
- 1793 : In the French Revolution the monks were expelled.
- 1797 : The church, called "temple de la Paix", was granted to the «Théophilanthropes», and then to the Jacobins.
- 1802 : the church was returned to religious use after the Concordat of 1801.
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Participants
Architecture
- Pierre Bullet (architect)
Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- (2008): Reconnaître Paris d'église en église. Massin, Paris (France), ISBN 978-2-7072-0583-4, pp. 172-176.
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data sheet - Structure-ID
20035690 - Published on:
22/03/2008 - Last updated on:
30/07/2014
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