Churches and Basilicas

Built at the end of the 19th century as a symbol of national reconciliation, the Basilica of the Sacred Heart is striking for its intense white color

Initially designed in the eighteenth century and radically reimagined by Napoleon Bonaparte as a monument to the glory of his army, the Church of the Madeleine

Founded in the twelfth century and celebrated by Victor Hugo, Notre-Dame Cathedral is the symbolic monument of French history. Characterized

Built over a century, the Church of Saint-Eustache surprises with its colossal dimensions, which rival those of a

Founded in 558 by the Merovingian king Childebert I, the Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés is the oldest place of worship in the entire capital. Once

Second in size only to the Cathedral of Notre-Dame, the Church of Saint-Sulpice is striking for the grandeur of its interior spaces and for

Built by King Louis IX in the mid-nineteenth century as a monumental reliquary, the Sainte-Chapelle is a masterpiece of medieval engineering.