Chapelle Saint-Louis d'Alfortville

About

The chapel Saint-Louis d'Alfortville, known as Chapelle du Pont d'Ivry, is a Catholic place of worship located on Rue Charles-de-Gaulle in the commune of Alfortville.

History: There was probably a chapel on the bridge of Ivry, a temporary building of light materials. Between 1936 and 1938, the Work of the Cardinal's Buildings built this building by Charles Venner, architect of many other churches in the Paris region. His pastoral care was entrusted to the Mission de France in 1947.

Description: It is a single nave building, made of concrete and brick, which rises on an iron frame with caissons on posts in cast concrete cut. This nave ends with a flat bedside. On the façade there is a tower-clocher, closed with sound-shafts and covered with a roof in a building. The porch is surmounted by a statue of Saint Louis, the work of sculptor Georges Serraz It is included in the general inventory of cultural heritage.

Parish: It is granted to the Maronite Church, in full communion with the Holy See, that is, with the Pope, bishop of Rome.