Saint-Pierre-de-Chaillot explained

Church of Saint-Pierre de Chaillot
Native Name:	Église Saint-Pierre de Chaillot
Native Name Lang:	fr
Coordinates:	48.8677°N 2.2985°W
Location:	16th arrondissement of Paris
Country:	France
Denomination:	Roman Catholic Church

Saint-Pierre de Chaillot (in French pronounced as /sɛ̃.pjɛʁ də ʃa.jo/) is a Roman Catholic parish church in the Chaillot neighborhood of the 16th arrondissement of Paris, at 31, avenue Marceau. It is constructed in the "Romano-Byzantine" style.^[1]

History

The parish of Saint-Pierre de Chaillot dates back to the 11th century. The historic church of the parish was entered from rue de Chaillot, with only a chapel with a brick facade opening onto avenue Marceau. That church hosted the funerals of Guy de Maupassant on 8 July 1893 and of Marcel Proust on 21 November 1922, but all that now survives of it is a statue of the Virgin Mary, the 'Vierge de Chaillot'.

The present building was designed by the architect Emile Bois. Construction begain in 1933 and was completed in 1938. Henri Bouchard^[2] was the sculptor and Nicholas Untersteller^[3] the painter of the interior frescoes. Pierre Seguin sculpted the column capitals.^[4] The Maumejan brothers did the stained glass windows and also made the mosaic behind the altar in the crypt.^[5] Pierre Ducos de la Haille did the ceiling frescoes in the dome of the sanctuary as well as the frescoes in the crypt consisting of Christ, the Holy Spirit, and Saint Peter.^[6]

Bibliography

• Bertrand Lemoine and Lemoine Rivoirard, L'Architecture des années 30, Paris, éditions La Manufacture, 1987, 252 p.
• André Deveche, L'église Saint-Pierre-de-Chaillot de Paris, Paris, édition Sides, coll. « Les églises de Paris », 1990

External links

• https://eglise-chaillot.com/

Notes and References

1. Saint Pierre of Chaillot. Free pamphlet available to visitors of the Church, 2023. Paroisse Saint Pierre de Chaillot. Pamphlet.
2. Paroisse Saint-Pierre de Chaillot. (2018, January 22). Décoration d’Henry Bouchard - Paroisse Saint-Pierre de Chaillot. Paroisse Saint-Pierre De Chaillot. https://eglise-chaillot.com/visiter-leglise/decoration-de-henry-bouchard/
3. Paroisse Saint-Pierre de Chaillot. (2018b, January 22). Fresques de Nicolas Untersteller - Paroisse Saint-Pierre de Chaillot. Paroisse Saint-Pierre De Chaillot. https://eglise-chaillot.com/visiter-leglise/fresques-de-nicolas-untersteller/
4. Paroisse Saint-Pierre de Chaillot. (2018c, January 22). Grilles, chapitaux et motifs décoratifs. . . - Paroisse Saint-Pierre de Chaillot. Paroisse Saint-Pierre De Chaillot. https://eglise-chaillot.com/visiter-leglise/3292-2/
5. Paroisse Saint-Pierre de Chaillot. (2018d, January 22). Vitraux et mosaïques des frères Maumejean - Paroisse Saint-Pierre de Chaillot. Paroisse Saint-Pierre De Chaillot. https://eglise-chaillot.com/visiter-leglise/vitraux-mosaiques-freres-maumejean/
6. Paroisse Saint-Pierre de Chaillot. (2018c, January 22). Fresques de Pierre Ducos de la Haille et de Jacqueline Mesnet - Paroisse Saint-Pierre de Chaillot. Paroisse Saint-Pierre De Chaillot. https://eglise-chaillot.com/visiter-leglise/fresques-de-pierre-ducos-de-haille-de-jacqueline-mesnet/