St. Roche Church

The largest, ancient Roman Catholic Church of Saint-Roche is located in the 1st arrondissement of Paris on Rue Saint-Honore. It was built on the site of the former chapel of St. Susana, built in 1521. Since 1629, it is a parish church under the patronage of St. Roch, which has been transformed many times. The construction of the current cathedral took place between 1653-1740. It is known that the first stone was laid by Louis XIV in 1653, accompanied by his mother Anna of Austria, as he was still a child. The author of the project, in the Baroque style, was the architect Jacques Le Mercier. In different periods, work was conducted under the guidance of such masters as Etienne-Louis Boil, Robert de Cotte, Mansard, Pierre Boulet.

In memory of Saint Susan, a chapel was erected in the renovated church. In 1690, the choir was completed and the transept, roof and facade were completed. The length of the church was 126 meters. In 1795, during the Royalist uprising, fighting took place near the church of Saint-Roche, after which restoration of the temple was required. The stone facade of the church consists of two tiers, the lower one crowns the image of the Doric Order, and the upper one of Corinth. In the center, above the entrance there is a beautiful gold clock dating from 1835. On each side, two pillars with columns with sculptures of Saints Ambrose, Augustine, Jerome, Gregory, Genevieve, Roch and others.

On the territory of the church of Saint-Roche are buried Vend, Holbach, Cornell, Diderot, Lenotre, Piron, Helvetius, Fragonard.