Saint-Eugène-Sainte-Cécile
Saint-Eugene-Sainte-Cécile | |
| Religion | |
|---|---|
| Affiliation | Catholic Church |
| Province | Archdiocese of Paris |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Status | Active |
| Location | |
| Location | 6 rue Sainte-Cécile, 9th arrondissement of Paris |
| Architecture | |
| Architect(s) | Louis-Adrien Lusson, Louis-Auguste Boileau |
| Style | Neo-Gothic and Second Empire Style |
| Groundbreaking | 1854 |
| Completed | 1858 |
| Website | |
| Website of the church | |
Église Saint-Eugène-Sainte-Cécile is a Roman Catholic church located at 6 rue Sainte-Cécile in the 9th arrondissement of Paris. In 1983 it was designated as a monument historique in its entirety. Designed in the Neo-Gothic style by Louis-Auguste Boileau and Louis-Adrien Lusson, the church was the first in France to use an entirely iron-framed construction. The first stone was laid in 1854, and the building was completed in 1855.
While the exterior of the church is rather plain and lacking in decoration, the interior is spacious, due to the iron framework, highly decorated, and filled with colour from a remarkable group of stained glass windows. In 1983 the entire church was designated as French historical monument.
Saint-Eugène's liturgy each Sunday includes both a traditional mass, and a Solemn High Mass sung in Latin.