Church of Les Billettes, Paris

Local nameCloître des Billettes
Location4th arrondissement of Paris, France

The Church of Les Billettes is a Lutheran church located at 22 rue des Archives in the 4th arrondissement of Paris. Built as a Catholic church in 18th century, it adjoins the 15th century cloister of the Abbey of the Hospitaliers of the Charity of Notre Dame, also known as the Billettes. The 15th century church was demolished, except for the cloister, and replaced by the new church In 1808, Under Napoleon I, it became a Protestant Lutheran church.

The church is built in the Neoclassiscal style, while the earlier adjoining cloister is Gothic. The name of the church refers to the monks in the old abbey, who were known as the "Freres Billettes". To identify their order they wore an emblem called a billette.

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Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_Les_Billettes,_Paris

Address 26 Rue des Archives, Paris 75004, France

Coordinates 48°51'29.193" N 2°21'18.612" E

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