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Pictures of Saint-Sulpice church: the ceiling, façades, chapels, organ, columns, balconies, the brass line, the astronomic gnomen, by David Henry. Great fans of the organ at Saint-Sulpice may wish to look at all of the pictures I took one day of the console and the organ pipes. Regardez cette page en français…

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In 1733, when all that remained to be built was the façade, it was decided this would be done in the classical style, following designs by Italian architect Servandoni.

The main façade of Saint-Sulpice Church

 Reflections of Saint-Sulpice church in the «Fontaine des Orateurs Sacrés», built between 1844 and 1847 by architect Louis-Tullius-Joachim Visconti.

Église Saint-Sulpice reflected in the Fontaine des Quatre-Évêques
A saint looks over place Saint-Sulpice from the upper gallery of église Saint-Sulpice

A statue on the second level of Saint-Sulpice church’s façade

 The façade of Saint-Sulpice Church, with its unfinished south tower, and its double row of columns. The upper columns are Ionic, the lower ones Doric.

Columns and balconies on église Saint-Sulpice’s façade
Late afternoon shadows inside the northern half of église Saint-Sulpice’s porch.

Shadows inside Saint-Sulpice Church’s porch

 The central portion of the ceiling of église Saint-Sulpice, just above the high altar, where Victor Hugo married Adèle Fouché.

The ceiling at Saint-Sulpice Church
Behind the altar, a narrow opening lets a mysterious beam of light shine on the white marble statue of the Virgin, sculpted by Augustin Pajou.

The Chapel of the Holy Virgin, behind the high altar at Saint-Sulpice Church

 Saint-Sulpice was renovated and restored, with works by Eugène Delacroix, in the nineteenth-century after the church had been turned in to a “Temple of Victory” during the French Revolution.

Candle holders on the high altar at Saint-Sulpice Church
Église Saint-Sulpice’s fifth chapel contains the tomb of Jean-Baptiste Languet de Gergy, designed by Michel-Ange Slodtz, commissioned in 1750.

The tomb of Curé Languet de Gergy in Saint-Sulpice Church

 The sculptures are the work of Pierre Joseph-François Duret: in the middle is King David playing the harp, while women on the sides hold musical instruments and vases of flowers.

Sculptures in front of the pipes of Saint-Sulpice’s organ
Saint-Sulpice’s organ was built by François-Henri Clicquot and was inaugurated in 1781.

The keyboard of Saint-Sulpice’s organ

 Saint-Sulpice’s organ and its pipes, supported by a tribune built by Servandoni, on the designs of Oppenord.

The organ pipes at the far end of the nave at Saint-Sulpice Church
Aristide Cavaillé-Coll rebuilt Saint-Sulpice’s organ from 1857 to 1861, reusing many elements of the original instrument.

The organ keyboard console at Saint-Sulpice Church

 The organist’s balcony at Saint-Sulpice Church, built in oak by cabinetmaker Jadot.

The organist’s balcony at Saint-Sulpice Church
Commissioned by Languet de Gergy, the astronmical gnomon was built by English clockmaker and astronomer Henri de Sully in order to determine the exact dates of Easter and the equinoxes.

The astronomical gnomon and brass line at Saint-Sulpice church

 In his novel, “The da Vinci Code”, Dan Brown says the initials “P&S” in this rose window stand for Priory of Sion. In fact, they stand for “Pierre and Sulpice”.

Saint-Sulpice church’s Pierre & Sulpice rose window
A view inside the room containing some of the 7,000 pipes of église Saint-Sulpice’s organ.

Organ pipes at Saint-Sulpice Church

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