Saint-Gervais

Begun in 1494, Saint-Gervais took more than a century to build: the Lady chapel in 1517, the choir by 1540, the transept, the arms that cross the nave, in 1578, the nave between 1600 and 1620. Its west front, built between 1616 and 1621, is the work of Salomon de Brosse. The church’s organ, among the oldest in Paris, was played by the Couperin family, and since 1975 the church has been served by the Monastic Fraternities of Jerusalem. The photograph of 21 March 2019 adds a later layer to that long building: modern glass, set in the church’s stone tracery.