St. Anne's Catholic Church

     St. Anne's is a parish church. Picture as seen from my window.

St. Anne's Catholic Church, rue de Tolbiac

     Construction begun 1894, finished 1912. Architect: Prosper Bobin (1844-1923). Style: Romano-Byzantine. The façade is called the "chocolate façade" because the money for its completion was provided by the Lombart family, who were chocolate makers. Due to the fact that an embankment of the former Bièvre River lies beneath the church, it had to be built on 71 stilts, reaching bedrock at a depth of from 16 to 22 meters.