Saint-Pierre-de-Montrouge

The parish church of St- Pierre de Montrouge is a church in the 14th arrondissement of Paris. She stands at the Place Victor Basch et Hélène in the district of Petit -Montrouge. Designed by Emile Vaudremer church was built 1863-1872 in Romanesque Revival style.

History

The area of present-day Petit- Montouge originally belonged not to Paris, but to the community Montrouge. To the northeast of the town center was a small settlement with a few houses, which since 1838 realized as a simple brick chapel Saint- Pierre was. This chapel was located north of the present church of St -Pierre de Montrouge in the area between Rue Thibaud and the Passage Rimbaud. 1848, the construction of a larger church was decided, however, what initially lacked the financial resources.

As part of the urban renewal of Paris by Baron Georges- Eugène Haussmann it came to the 1860 annexation of the northern part of Montrouge in the newly created Paris's 14th arrondissement. As in much of the city's new boulevards were created in the now Petit -Montrouge designated neighborhoods. Today, Place Victor Basch et Hélène was at the intersection of Rue d' Alesia with the Chaussée du Maine (now Avenue du Maine ) and the Route d' Orléans ( today: Avenue du Général Leclerc ), a plot in the form of an acute triangle which was selected as the site for the construction of St- Pierre de Montrouge.

The financing of the building took over the French government, since the government Napoléon III. tried to secure by encouraging churches votes of Catholics and to improve the relationship with the Vatican. In addition, churches were the appreciation of the new district. The city council of the 14th arrondissement commissioned the architect Emile Vaudremer with the construction of the church, which was largely completed in 1870. In the Franco-German war of 1870/71, the church was during the siege of Paris, near the frontline. The tower served as an observation post at this time to enemy observation and the nave was as a military hospital use. During this time the painting Effet de neige à Petit -Montrouge by Édouard Manet showing the church in the center of the image was created. The final completion of the church took place in 1872.

Architecture

Vaudremer put 1862 a draft Romanesque Revival style based on buildings of the 11th and 12th centuries. Models for neo-Romanesque churches in France were the Church of Saint -Paul in Nîmes ( 1849) by Charles- Auguste Questel, as well as the churches of Paris Saint Lambert de Vaugirard (1854 ) by Paul Naissant and Saint François Xavier ( 1861) by Joseph Uchard. Because of the shape of the land itself Vaudremer decided at St- Pierre de Montrouge for an elongated nave with a wide but short transept. The narrow portal with the 58-meter -tall spire rises on the base piece of lace on the Rue d' Alesia. The 70 meter long nave ends with an apse, are attached to the two chapels. Similarly, chapels, see as the respective financial statements of the transept.

Equipment

The interior with its ornate mosaics by ground reminiscent of early Christian basilicas and is designed before the walls, modeled on the Roman churches of Santa Maria Maggiore and Saint Paul, the Vaudremer had seen during his studies in Rome. At the intersection of the nave and transept is below the Vierungsturmes the altar, over which a resting on four pillars ciborium is. The design of this comes from Henri -Charles Maniglier, who is also the bronze sculpture of Simon Peter - the patron saint of the church - created.

One of the few paintings of the interior include the representations of Joseph and the Apostle John in the axis chapels of the transept. The 1869 created by Eugène Capelle on golden background images remind us of Byzantine models. In the apse is the mosaic of Christ blessing, which was renewed in the 1930s by the painter Barillier. The church windows show stained glass from the workshops of Lauren Gsell and Stanislas Oudinot, show the stations from the life of Christ and the Virgin Mary.

Organs

The church has two organs: a main and a choir organ. A first organ was built in 1868 by Charles Spackman Barker, who was overtaken in 1892 by Joseph Merklin. Other conversions followed in 1917, 1924 and 1935 by Gutschenriter and 1951 by Beuchet - Debierre from Nantes. The main organ has 43 registers on three manuals with electric action and the following disposition:

  • Pairing: Accouplements: II / I, 8 '; III / I 16 ', 8' and 4 '; III / II 8 'and 16'.
  • Tirasses: I, II and III.

Your titulary were:

  • About 1862 Guillaumot
  • 1892-1897: A. Mahaut
  • 1897-1901: Henri Mulet
  • 1901-1933: M. Blazy
  • 1934-1945: Jean Langlais
  • 1955-1973: Jean -Jacques Grunenwald
  • Since 1977: J. Person
Petit-Montrouge Joseph Auguste Émile Vaudremer Romanesque Revival architecture Charles-Auguste Questel Ciborium (architecture) Appel, Germany
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