Saint-Leu-Saint-Gilles

Founded in 1235 on the site of a twelfth-century chapel, the present church was begun around 1320, and its choir dates from 1611. When the boulevard de Sébastopol was cut through in 1857, the apse, the rounded end behind the choir, was removed and Baltard reworked the church, which now backs onto the boulevard that cost it its apse. Since 1820 it has been the capitular church of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre. In the photograph of 14 June 2023, steps rise to the raised choir.