Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption, Paris

In 1623, the Cardinal Francois de la Rochefoucauld built a new convent for the sisters of the Order of Haudriettes, then located near the present Hotel de Ville. He placed the new convent on Rue Saint-Honore, next to the city gate of Saint Honoré, on what is now Place Maurice-Barrès. The new congregation was called the Dames of the Assumption. To build the new convent, he obtained more land next to the old chapel and commissioned the architect Charles Errard to design and construct a new church. Errard had studied in Rome, and his design showed the influence of Ancient Rome and the Italian Renaissance. == Exterior ==

File:Face de l'Eglise des Religieuses de l'Assomption rüe St. Honoré du dessein du Sr. Errard - btv1b531815866 (1 of 2).jpg|Dome as designed by the architect, Charles Errard (1679) File:Église Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption 301.JPG|The porch and dome File:Église Notre Dame Assomption - Paris I (FR75) - 2024-05-22 - 2.jpg|Top of the dome The facade of the church has a porch with six classical Corinthian columns, similar to that of the north porch of the Sorbonne, built about the same time. The rotonda is 24 meters in diameter, with simple pilasters in the lower portion. It is topped by a cupola, divided into eight bays, each with a statue. The facade is decorated with a bust of Pope John-Paul II. == Interior ==

File:Polish Church Paris Mai 2006 005.jpg|A chapel File:Polish Church Paris Mai 2006 006.jpg|The Altar File:Baptismal font @ Eglise Notre-Dame de l'Assomption @ Paris (31805456676).jpg|The Baptismal font, with porcelain statue of the Infant Jesus. The nave of the church is round, covered by the dome, and is twenty-four meters in diameter. The dome is supported by eight groups of Pilasters with Corinthian columns On the upper level are eight high windows, separated by panels of moulded stucco. The windows are composed largely of white glass, with coloured glass on the edges. Behind the altar of portraits of major figures from the Polish Roman Catholic Church. The baptismal font is topped by a colourful porcelain statue of the Infant Jesus. == Art and decoration ==

File:Carle Van Loo - Adoration des Mages (1739).jpg|"Adoration of the Magi" by Carle Van Loo (1739) File:Tableau d'autel de l'Annonciation Église polonaise de Paris.jpg|Altar painting, “The Annunciation” by Joseph-Marie Vien File:Dome @ Eglise Notre-Dame de l'Assomption @ Paris (31002720224).jpg|Interior of the dome, with painting of "The Assumption of Mary" by Charles de La Fosse File:Eglise Notre-Dame de l'Assomption @ Paris (31805487186).jpg|Sculpture of Christ above a Polish emblem File:Eglise Notre-Dame de l'Assomption @ Paris (31033804363).jpg|The Madonna and Polish saints File:Saint-Antoine de Padoue @ Eglise Notre-Dame de l'Assomption @ Paris (31470703360).jpg|Saint Anthony of Padua == The church organ==

File:Organ @ Eglise Notre-Dame de l'Assomption @ Paris (31805474346).jpg|The organ, placed over the portal in the apse File:Buffet de l'orgue Église Notre-Dame de l'Assomption Paris 1er.png|Organ built by Aristide Cavaillé-Coll The organ dates from the end of the 19th century. It was made by the prominent organ-builder, Aristide Cavaillé-Coll. His other organs included the Saint-Denis Basilica (1841), Église de la Madeleine, (1859), Saint-Sulpice church, and Notre-Dame Cathedral == See also ==