Église Notre Dame de Lorette, with gilded ceiling and profusion of paintings and frescoes, is one of the most ornate churches in Paris. Constructed in the neoclassical style. TIL - inside this colourful sanctuary is where painter Claude Monet was baptized [OC][4284x5712]
Eglise Saint-Augustin was designed to provide a prominent landmark at the junction of two new boulevards built during Baron Haussmann's renovation of Paris under Napoleon III. Outside the church stands a famous bronze equestrian statue of Joan of Arc sculpted by Paul Dubois in 1895. [OC][3165x4359]