Saint-Pierre de Neuilly

Cardinal Guibert asked the new parish priest of Neuilly, the abbé Normand, to build a larger church, and Madame Balsan, the widow of a wealthy industrialist, gave the land; construction was planned from 1878. The architect, Dauvergne, proposed two designs, one Gothic and one Romanesque, and the Romanesque was adopted in 1883. After his death in 1885 his son Louis succeeded him. The first stone was laid on 30 October 1887, and the apse, choir and transept were finished in 1890; the nave, crypt and bell tower came in a second campaign. In 1897 it became the parish church of Neuilly.

The plan is a Latin cross, with three vessels under rib vaults. The sculpted decoration planned for the outside was never carried out, except at the porch, after 1945.

The photograph of the apse, taken at 16:56, shows a Crucifixion window at the center, between stone panels carved with the dates 1914 and 1919. A minute later comes the Rosary chapel, and at 17:00 a doorway under a carved arch. The church’s first visit, on 26 June 2024, entered the record only on 26 October 2026, when a map pin identified the church.