Église Saint-Pierre de Montmartre
Église Saint-Pierre de Montmartre is Romanesque, and it survives as the second oldest church in Paris, after the Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés. Construction is traditionally traced to the early medieval period—there was a church dedicated to Saint Peter on Montmartre by the 6th century—but the main building work began in 1133, making this site a long-running religious center rather than a single episode of building. The church served the prestigious Montmartre Abbey, which was destroyed during the French Revolution. Yet the story did not end there: the tower was rebuilt in 1794 after the upheavals that included the chapel being turned into a “Temple of Reason” before falling largely into abandonment. This is also a key stop in the origin story of the Jesuits. …
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