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Saint-Sulpice: Interior view, detail, altar

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posted on 2017-06-30, 00:00 authored by G. Massiot & cie
[Saint-Sulpice is the second largest church in Paris, following Notre-Dame.] Gittard moved to Paris, buying an architect's commission in the B\u00E2timents du Roi as early as 1655; throughout his life he was to engage in building- and property-speculation in the parish of St Sulpice as did Louis and Fran\u00E7ois Le Vau on the Ile Saint-Louis. His plans for the huge new church of St Sulpice were preferred to those of Louis Le Vau: Gittard supplied the general design and built the sanctuary, ambulatory, apsidal chapels, transept and north portal (1670-1678), after which work was suspended for lack of funds. The nave and side-chapels were built in 1719-1745 by Gilles-Marie Oppenord and Giovanni Servandoni, to Gittard's designs.

History

Alt Title

Église Saint-Sulpice

Date Created

1910-01-01

Date Modified

2017-06-30

Spatial Coverage

Paris +48.851111+2.334722 Paris, Île-de-France, France: 6th arrondissement, Place Saint-Sulpice

Temporal Coverage

before or circa 1910

Cultural Context

Neoclassical

Rights Statement

To view the physical lantern slide, please contact the Architecture Library.

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