Notre-Dame-de-la-Croix de Ménilmontant

Notre-Dame-de-la-Croix de Ménilmontant
Our Lady of the Holy Cross of Ménilmontant
48°52′5.54″N 2°23′12.68″E / 48.8682056°N 2.3868556°E / 48.8682056; 2.3868556Coordinates: 48°52′5.54″N 2°23′12.68″E / 48.8682056°N 2.3868556°E / 48.8682056; 2.3868556
Location	20th arrondissement of Paris
Country	France
Denomination	Roman Catholic Church
History
Status	Parish church
Consecrated	1869
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Architect(s)	Antoine Héret
Architectural type	church
Style	Neo-Gothic, Neo-Roman
Groundbreaking	1863
Completed	1880
Specifications
Length	97 m (318 ft 3 in)
Width	38 m (124 ft 8 in)
Height	20 m (65 ft 7 in) in the vault of the nave
Spire height	78 m (255 ft 11 in)
Administration
Archdiocese	Archdiocese of Paris

Notre-Dame-de-la-Croix de Ménilmontant (French pronunciation: ​[nɔ.tʁə dam də la kʁwa d(ə) me.nil.mɔ̃.tɑ̃], meaning Our Lady of the Holy Cross of Ménilmontant) is a Roman Catholic parish church located in Ménilmontant, in the 20th arrondissement of Paris, France.

History[]

Photograph by Charles Marville, c. 1853–70

Prior to the 19th century, the hamlet of Ménilmontant depended on the parish church of . Responding to population growth in the neighbourhood, the parish priest ordered the construction of a chapel in the rue de la Mare in 1823. In 1847 the chapel was designated a parish.

Construction of the present structure began in 1863, following the plans of Héret. Consecration occurred in 1869, though the building was yet incomplete.

During the Paris Commune, the church was appropriated as a political club. In a meeting held in the church on 6 May 1871, the Commune voted to execute the Archbishop of Paris and his fellow hostages.

The construction was completed in 1880.^[1]

Exterior[]

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Interior[]

Grand Organ[]

The organ was built by Aristide Cavaillé-Colle in 1872 to 74. The design of the church presented many difficulties that ultimately meant the organ was not completed as intended. In particular, the rose window required the organ cases to be split either side of the window. The presence of a bell mechanism further hindered construction of the organ. In the end, the intended positiv division was never built because it was impossible to route the key mechanism from the console to the pipes. In addition, the console had to be positioned facing the organ rather than facing the church. The third manual on the console was made to play the recit and grand orgue coupled together. When completed, the organ had 26 stops in total. The current organist is Frédéric Denis ^[2]

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