Église de la Sainte-Trinité
You’re facing the Église de la Sainte-Trinité, a Roman Catholic church whose defining feature is a 65-metre-tall belfry—built to be seen as the city changed under Napoleon III. Construction ran from 1861 to 1867, in the ornate Neo-Renaissance, or Second Empire, style. The architect was Théodore Ballu, chief architect for religious buildings in Paris, and his brief matched the era’s priorities: new landmarks placed where major streets meet, to serve a rapidly growing residential area on the former edge of the city. The parish’s needs had already outgrown earlier churches: a small first church was erected in 1850 at 21 rue de Calais, followed by another in 1852 on rue de Clichy—now the site of the Casino de Paris. This new, larger church emerged after the curé, Abbé Modelonde, appealed to Napoleon III for a grander solution. …
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