Église Saint-Rémy de Baccarat, Modern church in Baccarat, France

Église Saint-Rémy stands at 1 avenue de La Chapelle in Baccarat, facing the town hall along the Meurthe. Nicolas Kazis built it from 1953 to 1957 around equilateral triangles, in reinforced concrete, Baccarat crystal and wood. Its trihedral bell tower rises 55 metres and holds three bells; the glued-wood ceiling weighs 19 tonnes.

This church was built in the 19th century but destroyed by bombing in 1944, then reconstructed afterward. The rebuilding between 1953 and 1957 was designed by architect Nicolas Kazis.

The church is dedicated to Saint Remy, and a statue of him stands in one of the side aisles beside a Virgin and Child by sculptor François Brochet. The twelve Apostles flank the choir in two symmetrical groups, each carrying the object traditionally associated with him. The floor and walls also carry labyrinth patterns recalling Christ's path to Golgotha.

The church stands at 1 avenue de La Chapelle, facing the town hall and along the Meurthe. The entrance is reached by a wide flight of shallow stone steps up to tall brown double doors under a low pyramidal canopy. The 55-metre triangular bell tower rises beside the main building.

The glazing of the "groupe témoignage" is not glass but 4,000 slabs of Baccarat crystal, 2.5 cm thick, cut into 20,000 pieces set into the concrete. Over 150 shades run through the composition, and the two symmetrical panels flanking the choir show the twelve Apostles with their traditional attributes.