Saint-Jacques de Neuilly

Henri Vidal built Saint-Jacques in 1936 under the Chantiers du Cardinal, on land sold by the Hersent family on condition that the church be dedicated to Saint James, patron saint of a son killed in the First World War. It was inaugurated on 28 November 1937 and enlarged between 1954 and 1962. Its reinforced-concrete frame is filled with pressed brick. Inside, look up: the vault is shaped like an upturned hull, its timbers left exposed. The photograph looks into it toward the organ gallery.