Saint-Louis-des-Chartrons is a church in Bordeaux, France, located in the Chartrons district in the north of the city, beyond Place des Quinconces. Dedicated to Saint Louis and under the Archdiocese of Bordeaux, it is a neo-Gothic building with a vertical façade divided into three parts. The façade is marked by a rose window and two towers topped with tall spires. The church has a massive nave and a Latin cross plan. It measures 59.4 meters in length and 16 meters in width, and its vaults rise to a height of 21 meters. The gable is decorated with a statue of Saint Louis by Louis Coëffard de Mazerolles. The church was the result of construction projects developed in the faubourg des Chartrons in response to rapid demographic growth and the isolation of the neighborhood caused by Château Trompette. It was consecrated by Lecot in 1895. Its interior includes stained glass windows by Henri Feur and choir windows by Nicolas Lorin, as well as altars by Victor Lambinet and Bernard Jabouin. The baptismal fonts are made of Carrara marble, and the sacristy preserves 18th-century mahogany paneling from the old Carmelite convent.
Nearby Objects
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Temple des Chartrons 200 m away -
Hôtel Fenwick 300 m away -
CAPC musée d'art contemporain de Bordeaux 400 m away -
Jardin Public 550 m away -
Place des Quinconces 700 m away
Location and Dedication
Saint-Louis-des-Chartrons is a church in Bordeaux, France. It is located in the Chartrons district in the north of the city, beyond the Place des Quinconces. The church is dedicated to Saint Louis and is part of the Archdiocese of Bordeaux.
Architecture of Saint-Louis-des-Chartrons
Saint-Louis-des-Chartrons is described as a neo-Gothic church with a vertical facade divided into three parts. The front elevation is marked by a rose window and two towers topped with tall spires. Its gable is adorned with a statue of Saint Louis by Louis Coeffard de Mazerolles. The church has a massive nave and a plan in the shape of a Latin cross. Its dimensions are given as 59.4 meters in length and 16 meters in width, while the vaults rise to a height of 21 meters. These elements define the building's overall scale and formal composition.
Church Development in the Chartrons
Saint-Louis-des-Chartrons was planned in response to the rapid demographic development of the Chartrons neighborhood and to its relative isolation, which had been worsened by the presence of the chateau Trompette. The church project aimed to give the inhabitants a more direct place of worship, since the chateau had forced them to make detours in order to reach the parish of Saint-Remi. The plan also included the creation of a large church and the redevelopment of the surrounding streets on the site of the 1721 Carmelite convent.
The church was consecrated by Lecot in 1895. Its interior includes several notable decorative elements, among them stained glass windows by Henri Feur made in 1899 and choir windows by Nicolas Lorin dated 1879. The altars were made by Victor Lambinet and Bernard Jabouin, and the baptismal fonts are carved in Carrara marble. The sacristy preserves 18th-century mahogany paneling from the old Carmelite convent, although this space is rarely accessible to the public. Saint-Louis-des-Chartrons is registered as a historical monument.
The Organ of Saint-Louis-des-Chartrons
The organ at Saint-Louis-des-Chartrons was built in 1881 by Georges Wenner with fifty-two jeux and three manual keyboards. It was enlarged in 1901 by Gaston Maille and electrified around 1920. It is regarded as the most important symphonic organ in Nouvelle-Aquitaine. The instrument was registered as a historic monument in 2001 and restored by Pascal Quoirin in 2005.