Sainte-Clotilde

Built by François-Christian Gau and Théodore Ballu in the middle of the nineteenth century, Sainte-Clotilde was the first neo-Gothic church in Paris, and Pope Leo XIII made it a minor basilica in 1897. César Franck, Gabriel Pierné, Charles Tournemire and Jean Langlais succeeded one another at its Cavaillé-Coll organ. Its new altar is by the goldsmith Goudji. The photograph opening this section looks down its nave; this one, of 16 June 2023, looks up into the vaults of the west porch.