Saint-Denis de La Chartre

Saint-Denis de La Chartre
Église Saint-Denis-de-la-Chartre
The church around 1650 (drawing by Israël Sylvestre)
Religion
Affiliation	Archdiocese of Paris (Roman Catholic)
Location
Location	Île de la Cité, Paris
Country	France
Shown within Paris
Geographic coordinates	48°51′19″N 2°20′55″E / 48.85519°N 2.34865°E / 48.85519; 2.34865Coordinates: 48°51′19″N 2°20′55″E / 48.85519°N 2.34865°E / 48.85519; 2.34865
Architecture
Demolished	1810

Saint-Denis de La Chartre (French: église Saint-Denis-de-la-Chartre or église du prieuré Saint-Denis-de-la-Chartre)^[1] was a Roman Catholic church building located on the Île de la Cité in Paris, France. It was demolished in 1810.

Location[]

The church was situated on  [fr] at the northern corner of  [fr], in front of  [fr].^[1] It stood at the beginning of the Pont Notre-Dame in the corner of today's  [fr] and  [fr]

History[]

Even though the church may have existed in the beginning of the 11th century, the current building was built in the 12th or 13th century in the alignment of the northern part of the former Gallo-Roman walls. It was surrounded by a small feudal plot. The church was the seat of one of the 14 parishes of La Cité that were founded in the mid-eleventh century.^[2]

The population of the parish was evaluated at 1,060 around 1300.^[3]

The parish was transferred to Saint Symphorien's in 1618 and merged with the parish of Sainte Madeleine in 1698.^[4]

The church was re-built in the 14th century and demolished in 1810.

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Église Saint-Denis de la Chartre.

• "Aubin-Louis Millin, Antiquités nationales ou Recueil de monumens pour servir à l'histoire générale et particulière de l'empire françois, tels que tombeaux, inscriptions, statues... tirés des abbayes, monastères, châteaux et autres lieux devenus domaines nationaux. Tome 1". gallica.bnf.fr (in French).
• Jean de La Tynna. Dictionnaire topographique, étymologique et historique des rues de Paris (in French).
• Hillairet, Jacques. Dictionnaire historique des rues de Paris (in French).
• Friedmann, Adrien (1959). Paris, ses rues, ses paroisses du Moyen Âge à la Révolution (in French). Plon.

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