Église Saint-Vigor de Marly-le-Roi, Catholic church in Marly-le-Roi, France.
The Église Saint-Vigor is a Catholic church in Marly-le-Roi with a robust exterior and a bell tower rising 42 meters (138 feet). The building combines architectural elements from different periods and was designed to serve two parishes as a single place of worship.
King Louis the Fourteenth commissioned the renowned architect Jules Hardouin-Mansart to design this building, which rose between 1688 and 1689. Construction took place to unite two separate parishes under one roof during his reign.
The bell above the sacristy door, named Ave Maria and dated 1473, came from the priory of Saint-Étienne and was given to the church in the late 19th century by the owners of Le Chenil; it bears a carving of Saint Michael slaying a dragon. In the left transept, a 1903 window by the glassmaker Hirsch shows Saint Thibaut of Marly offering Louis IX and Marguerite of Provence a basket of eleven lilies, foretelling their eleven children.
The building opens regularly for visitors and worshippers who wish to explore it. Guided tours can be arranged through the local tourism office if you want to learn more about the structure and its contents.
The main altar came from the chapel of the Château de Versailles, where Louis XIV married Madame de Maintenon in a morganatic ceremony; it was installed here in 1710. The marble altar carries angel statues classified as Monuments Historiques in 1905.
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