Saint-Joseph-des-Carmes

Marie de Médicis laid the first stone in 1613 and gave the church to the Discalced Carmelites; it was consecrated on 21 December 1625. Its Italianate dome, painted in fresco to give an illusion of depth, was one of the first built in Paris. On 2 September 1792, when the convent served as a prison, about 115 priests were killed in its garden; their remains lie in the crypt, near the tomb of Frédéric Ozanam. The buildings have belonged to the Institut catholique since 1875. The photograph of 22 June 2024 looks into a side chapel under a half-round window.