The current church is the third place of worship on the site. In 1551, a first chapel was built. It was destroyed in 1590 by the League during the siege of Paris by Henry IV. In April 1628, Queen Anne of Austria laid the foundation stone for a new church, erected as a parish in 1673. Following the outrages suffered during the Revolution, it threatened to fall into disrepair and was rebuilt by Étienne-Hippolyte Godde, architect of the Paris municipality, in 1823, in a neo-classical style. It has a baptistery by immersion in the choir.
Organiste titulaire Jean-Luc Babigeon, Jérôme BertierConcertsSeldomMasses with organSaturday 6 PM, Sunday 11 AM Video-Photos : Vincent Hildebrandt & Victor Weller
E6In 1988 Jean-Marc Cicchero reassembled the old choir organ of Saint-Germain-des-Prés in place of an old organ of anonymous construction, dismantled and stored by the City of Paris. Examination of inside of the large case suggests a work of the late nineteenth or early twentieth century (Stoltz?), identifiable by the bells with narrow gong notches and the fact that the basses are made of zinc. The separate console, placed in front of the large sideboard, dates from the same period.The case, made entirely of oak, is very carefully crafted; it seems older than the instrumental part and may date from the middle of the nineteenth century. The façade pipes have mouths whose flattening evokes the style of the organ builder Daublaine, which would be consistent with the hypothesis of the dating of the case.This instrument was restored by Joseph Gutschenritter in 1938 and 1950, then by Jean-Marc Cicchero in 1988.In 2019-2021, it was restored in two phases by Yves Fossaert. A first phase of repairs, cleaning and tuning work in 2019 and a second phase in 2021 of sound improvement.Source
E6In 1988 Jean-Marc Cicchero reassembled the old choir organ of Saint-Germain-des-Prés in place of an old organ of anonymous construction, dismantled and stored by the City of Paris. Examination of inside of the large case suggests a work of the late nineteenth or early twentieth century (Stoltz?), identifiable by the bells with narrow gong notches and the fact that the basses are made of zinc. The separate console, placed in front of the large sideboard, dates from the same period.The case, made entirely of oak, is very carefully crafted; it seems older than the instrumental part and may date from the middle of the nineteenth century. The façade pipes have mouths whose flattening evokes the style of the organ builder Daublaine, which would be consistent with the hypothesis of the dating of the case.This instrument was restored by Joseph Gutschenritter in 1938 and 1950, then by Jean-Marc Cicchero in 1988.In 2019-2021, it was restored in two phases by Yves Fossaert. A first phase of repairs, cleaning and tuning work in 2019 and a second phase in 2021 of sound improvement.Source
Organiste titulaire Jean-Luc Babigeon, Jérôme BertierConcertsSeldomMasses with organSaturday 6 PM, Sunday 11 AM Video-Photos : Vincent Hildebrandt & Victor Weller