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Church of Notre Dame

in Saint-Chamond

  • Built by Louis-Etienne JOURNOUD in the 19th century, the church is a compromise of Neo-Gothic and Neo-Byzantine styles. The front steps, gifted in 1889 by Madame Alamagne, were decorated in 1890 by two monumental lions sculpted by Louis Martin.

  • Inside, the altar and the pulpit are made from Carrara marble. The Organ (1883) by organ builder Michel Merklin is a carillon listed as historic furniture, this musical instrument was probably one of the first two carillons with electric traction in France.

    The Place de la Liberté was originally a meadow belonging to the Priests of Saint-Antoine. In 1626, Melchior Mitte de Chevrières, lord of Saint-Chamond, abandoned the Church of Notre-Dame de Poncharra (15th century) to the priests as...
    Inside, the altar and the pulpit are made from Carrara marble. The Organ (1883) by organ builder Michel Merklin is a carillon listed as historic furniture, this musical instrument was probably one of the first two carillons with electric traction in France.

    The Place de la Liberté was originally a meadow belonging to the Priests of Saint-Antoine. In 1626, Melchior Mitte de Chevrières, lord of Saint-Chamond, abandoned the Church of Notre-Dame de Poncharra (15th century) to the priests as it had become too small, and in compensation, they gave him their meadow for the construction of a new building.
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