Église Notre Dame de L'espérance

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  • Address
    47 rue de la Roquette, 11e
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  • Phone
    01 40 21 49 39
  • Transport
    underground rail: Bastille

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Lonely Planet review

If you're in the area (or feeling a bit guilty about that late night) head for the wonderful Church of Our Lady of Hope designed by Bruno Legrand in 1997. Startling both for its modern design and size (it stands 20m tall and is 11m wide), the interior is filled with all sorts of interesting elements and features.

Among the highlights are Nicolas Alquin's Croix d'Espérance (Cross of Hope) made of an 18th-century oak beam and three gold squares representing the Trinity, and calligrapher Franck Lalou's fragments of the Gospel etched onto glass of the façade facing rue de la Roquette.