Notre-Dame-de-Lorette, Paris

Notre_Dame-de-Lorette
Notre-Dame-de-Lorette,
Province	Archdiocese of Paris
Location
Location	18 bis, Rue de Châteaudun, 9th arrondissement
Architecture
Architect(s)	Louis Hippolyte Lebas
Style	Neo-classical
Groundbreaking	1823 (1823)
Completed	1836 (1836)
Website
Site web de la paroisse

Notre-Dame-de-Lorette is a Roman Catholic church located in the 9th arrondissement of Paris, It was built between 1823 and 1836 in the Neo-classical architectural style by architect Louis-Hippolyte Lebas, in a neighbourhood known as the New Athens, for its many artistic and scholarly residents in the 19th century, including George Sand, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, and Alexandre Dumas. While the exterior is classical and austere, the church interior is known for its rich collection of paintings, sculpture, and polychrome decoration.^[1]