Formerly known as Saint-Louis-des-Jésuites Church, the Saint-Paul-Saint-Louis church is located in the Marais district, in the heart of the 4th district of Paris. The religious building was built in the seventeenth century on the orders of Louis XIII. It now adjoins the Lycée Charlemagne, famous Parisian school.
Classified as a Historical Monument, the Saint-Paul-Saint-Louis church presents mainly a Baroque style with elements inspired by Italy and French traditions. Restored in the early 2010s, it now partly recalls the traditional architecture of the Netherlands, drawing heavily on the facade of the Church of St. Gervais-Saint-Protais Paris.
Inside, it is possible to admire several works classified or inscribed like the grand organ of the 19th century, the Christ in agony in the garden of olive trees of Eugène Delacroix, the high altar in white marble or even two clams of clams donated by Victor Hugo on the occasion of the marriage of his daughter Leopoldine. It is also in this church that the writer will situate the marriage of his characters Marius and Cosette in his novel, Les Misérables.
