The Church of Saint-Louis-des-Chartrons is a

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church located in

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. It is a

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church dedicated to Saint Louis,

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(1214–1270).

History and description

Saint-Louis Church was built between 1874 and 1880 following the plans of Pierre-Charles Brun. Consecration occurred in 1895 by Mgr Lecot. It is 60.35 meters long by 23 meters wide and 22.26 meters high under

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s. The high towers measure 58 meters and are visible from all over the city above the elegant quartier des Chartrons (Chartrons district), on the north of

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. The

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s are particularly remarkable; they come from the workshops of Henri Feur (1899) and Nicolas Lorin (1879, in the choir). File:Bordeaux Saint-Louis 230807.JPG, Stained-glass windows in the choir by Nicolas Lorin (1879) File:Église Saint-Louis de Bordeaux, Garonne, Bordeaux, France - panoramio.jpg, View from the

Garonne The Garonne ( , ; Catalan language, Catalan, Basque language, Basque and , ; or ) is a river that flows in southwest France and northern Spain. It flows from the central Spanish Pyrenees to the Gironde estuary at the French port of Bordeaux � ...

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Organ

The organ is registered on French

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. It was built by

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in 1881, remade by Gaston Maille in 1901 and repaired by Pascal Quoirin in 2005. Orgue Aquitaine
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References

External links

Saint Louis Parish website
in French

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