Église Saint-Pierre de Neuilly-sur-Seine, Neo-Romanesque church in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France
Église Saint-Pierre de Neuilly-sur-Seine is a Neo-Romanesque church situated on Avenue du Roule, defined by its solid stone construction and bell tower completed in 1895. The building features a traditional cruciform interior layout with stone arches, stained glass windows, and finely detailed architectural elements throughout.
Construction began in 1883 under architect Alfred Dauvergne, and after his passing, his son Louis continued the project to its completion in 1914. The extended building period reflects the ambition and complexity of undertaking such a large-scale stone structure during the industrial era.
The church is named for Saint Peter because the land came from the Balsan family and the building was to carry the first name of the widow Balsan's late husband, Pierre. The grand organ is a Mutin-Cavaillé-Coll instrument of 1898, installed in 1900; its titular organist is Philippe Sauvage, who teaches the organ class at the Conservatoire de Puteaux.
The church stands at 90 avenue du Roule, with the entrance porch and its round clock facing the street; the bell tower rises directly above it. The two annex chapels, the "haute" and "basse", open onto boulevard Jean-Mermoz at the rear. The Jeanne d'Arc statue acquired in 1903 stands in the square in front of the church.
The exterior sculpture decoration was never finished except for the porch and side portals, which students of Georges Saupique carved after 1945. The church was consecrated only on 6 June 1922 by Cardinal Dubois, eight years after the building work ended.
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