Audio GuideÉglise Notre-Dame des Champs
Église Notre-Dame-des-Champs
Romanesque-style church completed in 1912, with a series of religious paintings by Joseph Aubert.
Church
Paris, France
Welcome to Église Notre-Dame-des-Champs in Paris. This church, built in a Romanesque style, features finely grained stone from Châtillon and other local materials. Originally, the site hosted a Roman temple dedicated to Mercury. When Christianity spread, that temple became a Marian shrine known as Notre-Dame-des-Vignes before Benedictine monks transformed it into a priory and gave it its current name, meaning Our Lady of the Fields.
In the seventeenth century, a Carmelite convent connected to the church attracted notable figures of its time. Today, visitors are drawn to a stunning carved statue of the Madonna and Child that crowns the altar, considered one of Paris’s finest. Inside the church, twenty-two religious panels by Joseph‑Jean‑Félix Aubert depict scenes from the Virgin Mary’s life. In addition, fourteen copper‑enameled Stations of the Cross, a unique Saint Joseph chapel showing the Holy Family, and a Sacred Heart chapel featuring a painting from eighteen eighty-five by François Lafon further enrich the experience.
This blend of art, history, and architecture offers a captivating glimpse into the cultural heritage of Paris.
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