Search results
The Val-de-Grâce Church is a hidden treasure in Paris. It was commissioned in 1621 by Queen Anne of Austria, the mother of Sun King who built Versailles . Completed in 1667, Val-de-Grâce is a mixture of classical and barocco styles.
Built in the mid-17th century by the architect François Mansart, at the request of Queen Anne of Austria to give thanks for the birth of her son, the future Louis XIV, the church of the old Royal Abbey of Notre-Dame du Val-de-Grâce in Paris' 5th arrondissement, not far from the Luxembourg Garden, is an impressive example of the French Baroque ...
- (3)
- dioceseauxarmees.fr
- 277 Rue Saint-Jacques, Paris
- +33 1 53 63 06 29
One of the city's grandest remnants of pre-Revolution Paris, Chapelle de la Val-de-Grâce was built in 1645 to celebrate the birth of Anne of Austria and King Louis XIII's first son after 23 years of childless marriage. After the revolution, in 1795, the royal abbey became a military hospital.
May 28, 2024 · The Val-de-Grâce Abbey, once a royal abbey, became a military hospital and medical school post-French Revolution. It is now being transformed into a research campus for digital health, with plans to open its grounds as a public park in 2026.
Something this momentous demanded a suitable token of the queen’s gratitude, so she summoned the best architects in France and commissioned a Benedictine monastery, complete with a domed church. Construction began in 1645.
The hydraulic boat lifts of the Canal du Centre. Situated in the province of Hainaut, these 4 hydraulic lifts, built beginning of the XIXth century, are standing monuments to the Belgian Industrial revolution. These timeless masterpieces, listed by UNESCO, can be visited.
People also ask
Why was Chapelle de la Val de Grâce built?
Where is Val de Grâce located?
Was Val-de-Grâce secularized during the French Revolution?
When was Val de Grâce founded?
What to do in La Louvière?
Who painted Val de Grâce?
The Church of the Val-de-Grâce is a Roman Catholic church in the 5th arrondissement of Paris. The church was built as part of a royal abbey by Anne of Austria, the Queen of France, to celebrate the birth of her son, Louis XIV in 1638.
