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Église Saint-Louis de Paimbœuf

Église Saint-Louis de Paimbœuf, Catholic church in Paimbœuf, France.

Église Saint-Louis de Paimbœuf is a stone church with two square front towers topped by crosses and tall narrow arched openings near their tops; a clock face is set on the left tower. Between the towers, a wide recessed arch frames a round-arched entrance with a dark red double door, and three arched windows sit above it. The main body extends to the right with a row of smaller arched windows and a domed roof behind.

The present church was rebuilt by architects Lucien Douillard (1829–1888) and Ludovic-François Douillard (1823–1896), with work carried out from 1877 to 1879 and again from 1895 to 1913. Their brother, the painter Alexis Douillard (1835–1905), decorated the interior with a mural, La Mort de Saint Louis, whose cartoons he showed at the Salon of 1884. The church was inscribed as a monument historique on 1 September 2006.

The church bears the name of Saint Louis, reflecting the devotion that mattered to this riverside town in the 1800s. Visitors can see how the local community expressed their faith through the building itself and its decorated surfaces.

The church is located on Rue de l'Église and remains an active place of worship for the Catholic community. Visitors should respect scheduled services and plan their visit accordingly for the best experience.

The choir holds the altar of Notre-Dame de Buzay, a Cistercian abbey founded by Bernard of Clairvaux and burned during the Vendée Wars; only a tower and unvalued ruins survive. The painter Alexis Douillard, brother of the architects, decorated the church with a mural, La Mort de Saint Louis, whose cartoons he showed at the 1884 Salon.

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Michel Douillard, Ludovic-François Douillard
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place de l'Église
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47.28720,-2.03536
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