Oratoire du Louvre

The Église réformée de l'Oratoire du Louvre is a historic Protestant church located at 145 rue Saint-Honoré – 160 rue de Rivoli in the , across the street from the .
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  • Opening hours: Sunday 9:00 AM—noon
  • Email: accueil@oratoiredulouvre.fr
  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Protestant
  • Description: church located in Paris, in France
  • Also known as: Église réformée de l’Oratoire du Louvre”, “paroisse de l’Oratoire”, “paroisse protestante de l’Oratoire”, “paroisse réformée de l’Oratoire”, and “Temple de l’Oratoire du Louvre

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Louvre Pyramid and Orsay Museum.

The is a large glass-and-metal entrance way and skylight designed by the Chinese-American architect I. M. Pei. The pyramid is in the main courtyard of the Louvre Palace in , surrounded by three smaller pyramids. is situated 310 metres west of Oratoire du Louvre.

Museum
Photo: DXR, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Musée d'Orsay is a in , , on the of the . It is housed in the former Gare d'Orsay, a Beaux-Arts railway station built from 1898 to 1900. is situated 1 km west of Oratoire du Louvre.

The is the oldest standing bridge across the river Seine in , . It stands by the western point of the , the island in the middle of the river that was, between 250 and 225 BC, the birthplace of Paris, then known as Lutetia and, during the medieval period, the heart of the city. is situated 450 metres south of Oratoire du Louvre.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Quartier des Halles and 1st arrondissement.

Suburb
Les Halles was 's central fresh food market. It last operated on 12 January 1973 and was replaced by an underground shopping centre and a park. The unpopular modernist development was demolished yet again in 2010, and replaced by the Westfield Forum des Halles, a modern shopping mall built largely underground and topped by an undulating 2.5 hectare canopy.

Photo: Jjtkk, Public domain.
The centre of contemporary and the site of such landmarks as the Louvre and of the Tuileries and Palais-Royal, the is full of attractions for travellers of all inclinations, including some of the finest parks, museums, shops, and bars in the city.

The of Paris is one of the financial centres of Europe, being home to the Bourse and thus the CAC 40 index you hear about in world financial news. Other major activities in the neighbourhood are journalism and fashion.

Oratoire du Louvre

Latitude
48.86167° or 48° 51′ 42″ north
Longitude
2.34001° or 2° 20′ 24″ east
Inception
1616
Open location code
8FW4V86R+M2
Open­Street­Map ID
way 30622528
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­protestant
Wiki­data ID
Q2744852
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