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Église Saint-Paul-Saint-François-Xavier

Bordeaux, Gironde, France

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Designation
Historic monument, classified (classé)
Protection
classé MH
Extent of protection
Eglise (cad. HD 412) : classement par arrêté du 18 décembre 1997
Protection dates
1997/12/18 : classé MH
Type
église
Main period of construction
3e quart 17e siècle
Dates
1662
Architect or builder
Coustou Guillaume II (sculpteur)
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Address
rue des Ayres
Commune
Bordeaux
Département
Gironde
Region
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Country
France
Coordinates
44.83664, -0.57290
Mérimée reference
PA00083911

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Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Bovrdelois, pais de Medoc et la prevoste de Born" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

En 1662, les Jésuites de Bordeaux font ériger la chapelle de leur maison professe consacrée à Saint-François-Xavier. La nef comporte cinq travées voûtées d'arêtes, les chapelles latérales communiquent entre elles et la tribune surmonte l'entrée. Le choeur est orné d'un remarquable maître-autel avec gloire et baldaquin (groupe sculpté en marbre par Guillaume II Coustou entre 1641 et 1648).

English translation

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In 1662, the Jesuits of Bordeaux had the chapel of their professed house built, dedicated to Saint-François-Xavier. The nave comprises five bays vaulted with rib vaults, the lateral chapels communicate with one another and the gallery surmounts the entrance. The choir is adorned with a remarkable high altar with a glory and baldachin (sculptured group in marble by Guillaume II Coustou between 1641 and 1648).

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

Base Mérimée, Ministère de la Culture, data last updated 2026-09-17, reused under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab). Record text is reproduced unchanged. Ministère de la Culture · Licence Ouverte 2.0
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