Église Saint-Michel des Batignolles

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Saint-Michel des Bagtignolles is a Roman Catholic church in the 17th arrondissement of Paris, located on Place Saint-Jean, at the corner of rue Saint-Jean and the Passage Saint-Michel. It was designed by the architect Bernard Haubold, and was built between 1913 and 1938.

History: The first church of that name was originally constructed in six months in 1857 in commune of Batignolles-Monceau just outside the city limits of Paris, in an area known for its vineyards. It was bought into the city in with the annexation of the commune by Napoleon III. During the Paris Commune in May 1871, the church was taken over by the Club of the Social Revolution, a revolutionary society largely composed of women. Including Andre Leo and Blanche Lefebvre. Blanche LeFebvre was kidnapped on the barricades on 3 May, and Leo was captured and exiled to New Caledonia, along with Louise Michel. The present church was begun in November 1913, but its construction was delayed by the outbreak of the First World War. The 35 meter long nave was dedicated in September 1925, The rostrum was finished in 1928, and work on the bell tower summarized in 1932. The bells were installed and injured in 1933, and the campanile...