Saint-Christophe-de-Javel

Built between 1926 and 1930 to designs by the architect Charles-Henri Besnard, Saint-Christophe-de-Javel is one of the very few churches built with the innovative technique of molded reinforced cement. Its painted decoration joins the legend of Saint Christopher to the industries of the district. On the choir vault Henri-Marcel Magne painted the saint among travelers, with trains, airplanes and cars, and between 1928 and 1933 Jac Martin-Ferrières painted a series of canvases fixed to the concrete on the legend of the giant Reprobus. The photograph opening this section looks down the nave.