Église Notre-Dame-de-la-Croix de Ménilmontant

Notre-Dame-de-la-Croix de Ménilmontant
Église Notre-Dame-de-la-Croix de Ménilmontant
Notre-Dame-de-la-Croix de Ménilmontant, circa. 1853-70 Notre-Dame-de-la-Croix de Ménilmontant, circa. 1853-70
Location	20th arrondissement of Paris
Country	France
Denomination	Roman Catholic
History
Consecrated	1869
Architecture
Status	Parish Church
Functional status	Active
Architect(s)	Antoine Héret
Style	Neo-Gothic, Neo-Roman
Groundbreaking	1863
Completed	1880
Specifications
Length	97 m (318 ft 3 in)
Width	38 m (124 ft 8 in)
Height	20 m (65 ft 7 in) in the vault of the nave
Spire height	78 m (255 ft 11 in)
Administration
Archdiocese	Archdiocese of Paris

The Church of Our Lady of the Holy Cross of Ménilmontant (French: Église Notre-Dame-de-la-Croix de Ménilmontant) is a parish church on Ménilmontant, in the 20th arrondissement of Paris.

History

Prior to the 19th century, the hamlet of Ménilmontant depended on the parish church of Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Belleville. Responding to population growth in the neighbourhood, the parish priest ordered the construction of a chapel in the rue de la Mare in 1823. In 1847 the chapel was designated a parish.

Construction of the present structure began in 1863, following the plans of Héret. Consecration occurred in 1869, though the building was yet incomplete.

During the Paris Commune, the church was appropriated as a political club. In a meeting held in the church on 6 May 1871, the Commune voted to execute the Archbishop of Paris and his fellow hostages.

The construction was completed in 1880.