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Saint-Leon Church, Paris

Saint-Leon Church is a Roman Catholic church located at 1 Place du Cardinal Amette in the . Built between 1924 and 1934, with a neo-Romanesque facade and a neo-Byzantine e interior, with an abundance of elaborate mosaics and colorful period stained glass, it is a very good example of Paris religious architecture in the first half of the 20th century.
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Photo: Guilhem Vellut, CC BY 2.0.
  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Catholic
  • Description: church located in Paris, in France
  • Also known as: “Eglise Saint-Leon”, “Eglise Saint-Léon”, and “Église Saint-Léon”
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Eiffel Tower and Champ de Mars.

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The is a lattice tower on the in , France. It is named after the engineer Gustave Eiffel, whose company designed and built the tower from 1887 to 1889. is situated 1 km north of Saint-Leon Church, Paris.

Park
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The is a large public greenspace in , , located in the seventh arrondissement, between the to the northwest and the to the southeast.

Park
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is a park.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Grenelle and 15th arrondissement.

Quarter
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is a neighbourhood in southwestern , . It is a part of the of the city. There is currently a Boulevard de which runs along the North delimitation of the quartier, and a Rue de , a few kilometers North-East in the .

Photo: Jean-François Gornet, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The of is in the city's southwest on the Left Bank of the Seine. Quite up-market and quiet, it is the largest arrondissement by both area and population.

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The is perhaps the most expensive area to live in . The Eiffel Tower, one of the most famous tourist sites in the world, is here, as well as many government buildings. Many dignitaries and VIPs populate this arrondissement.

Saint-Leon Church, Paris

Latitude
48.85092° or 48° 51′ 3″ north
Longitude
2.29661° or 2° 17′ 48″ east
Elevation
39 metres (128 feet)
Inception
1934
Open location code
8FW4V72W+9J
Open­Street­Map ID
way 15912913
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­church
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­catholic
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Geo­Names ID
11750251
Wiki­data ID
Q3582470
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Saint-Leon Church, Paris”. Photo: Guilhem Vellut, CC BY 2.0.