Audio GuideÉglise Notre-Dame des Champs

Welcome to Église Notre-Dame-des-Champs in Paris. This church, constructed in a Romanesque style, boasts fine-grained stone from Châtillon and other local materials. Originally, the site was home to a Roman temple dedicated to Mercury. As Christianity spread, that temple was transformed into a Marian shrine known as Notre-Dame-des-Vignes, before Benedictine monks turned it into a priory and gave it its current name, meaning Our Lady of the Fields.

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In the seventeenth century, a Carmelite convent associated with the church attracted some notable personalities of that era. Today, visitors are enticed by a magnificent carved statue of the Madonna and Child that graces the altar, regarded as one of the finest in Paris. Inside the church, twenty-two religious panels by Joseph-Jean-Félix Aubert portray scenes from the life of the Virgin Mary. Additionally, fourteen copper-enameled Stations of the Cross, a distinctive Saint Joseph chapel depicting the Holy Family, and a Sacred Heart chapel featuring a painting from eighteen eighty-five by François Lafon further enhance the experience.

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This fusion of art, history, and architecture provides a captivating insight into the cultural heritage of Paris.

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