Saint-Joseph-Artisan

Built in eleven months in 1866, the church carries the history of the German and Luxembourg mission in Paris, and of the German immigrants who came to the city from the end of the Napoleonic wars. The Emperor Franz Joseph gave the three windows above the altar, of Saint Francis of Assisi, Saint Joseph and Saint Elizabeth of Hungary, and a statue of Saint Joseph was set up in 1911 with its plaque of thanksgiving. The photograph looks down the nave to the apse, where the emperor’s windows stand above the altar.