Eglise Saint Charles

Listed as a Historic Monument. At the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes, in 1685, a decree of the Council of State gave the Protestant temple on the Place d'Armes to the Catholics, who transformed it into a church under the direction of Robert de Cotte, Mansart's brother-in-law. In honour of Charles-Maurice Le Tellier, Archbishop of Reims, the church is named after Charles Borromeo, who participated in the drafting of the Council of Trent, the founding element of the Counter-Reformation. Its austere architecture is a mixture of Protestant character and the monumental expression of classical churches. Its furniture, altars in the chapels and woodwork in the choir, is remarkable. Louis XIV financed the altarpiece of the altar with Ionic columns. The large red marble frame once housed a painting representing Saint Charles Borromeo rescuing the plague victims of Milan, painted by a monk from Orval Abbey.

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