Notre-Dame de Clignancourt ( Our Lady of Clignancourt) is a

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located in the 18th arrondissement of

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. Completed in 1863, the church takes its name from Clignancourt, a small village in the commune of

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that was annexed to Paris in 1860. It was one of three new

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es created to accommodate the growing population in the northern edge of the city. The cornerstone was laid by the French city planner

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in 1859. It was designed in the Neo-Romanesque style by Paul-Eugène Lequeux and completed in 1863.Simeone, Nigel (2000)
''Paris: A Musical Gazetteer''
pp. 68 and 156. Yale University Press Many valuable pieces of furniture and religious objects were donated by Empress Eugenie, the wife of

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, but were lost or damaged when the church was pillaged in the violence leading up to the

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in 1870. The church still contains paintings and frescos by prominent 19th-century artists, including Romain Cazes and Félix-Joseph Barrias, and a large marble sculpture depicting the

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. The stained glass windows in the lower part of the church are largely from the

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period. The windows in the

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, depicting the Holy Trinity and the

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, were made by Jacques Le Chevallier in the 1970s.Charle, Christophe and Roche, Daniel (2002)
''Capitales culturelles, capitales symboliques: Paris et les expériences européennes, XVIIIème-XXème siècles''
pp. 219 and 222. Publications de la Sorbonne The organ in Notre-Dame de Clignancourt was built by Joseph Merklin. Several prominent musicians are associated with the church. Gabriel Fauré and

Victor Sieg Charles-Victor Sieg (8 August 1837 – 6 April 1899) was a French composer and organist. He won the 1864 Prix de Rome for his setting of the dramatic cantata, ''Ivanhoé''.Yves Gérard, Gérard, Yves (2010)"Saint-Saëns and the Prix de Rome: Sca ...

both served as organists there.

Pougin, Arthur Arthur Pougin ( 6 August 1834 – 8 August 1921) was a French musical and dramatic critic and writer. He was born at Châteauroux (Indre) and studied music at the Conservatoire de Paris under Jean Delphin Alard, Alard (violin) and Napoléon Henri ...

(16 April 1899)
"Nécrologie"
''

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'', p. 128

Louis Vierne Louis Victor Jules Vierne (8 October 1870 – 2 June 1937) was a French organist and composer. As the organist of Notre-Dame de Paris from 1900 until his death, he focused on organ music, including six organ symphonies and a '' Messe solennelle ...

played the organ for the funeral of the French violinist Henri Adam held at the church in 1890, and the composer

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attended the church's choir school in his youth.Smith, Rollin (1999)
''Louis Vierne: Organist of the Notre-Dame Cathedral''
pp. 18 and 646. Pendragon Press

References

External links

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on Patrimoine-Histoire * {{coord, 48, 53, 35, N, 2, 20, 42, E, region:FR_type:landmark_scale:2000_source:frwiki, display=title Roman Catholic churches in the 18th arrondissement of Paris Romanesque Revival church buildings in France Roman Catholic churches completed in 1863 19th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in France