6th arrondissement of Paris, France
Royal abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés
6th arrondissement of Paris, France
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The Church of Saint-Germain-des-Prés is a Catholic parish church in Paris's Saint-Germain-des-Prés quarter on the Left Bank. It began as the church of a Benedictine abbey founded in 558 by Childebert I, son of Clovis, and was later rebuilt with Gothic elements, including some of the earliest flying buttresses in the Île-de-France. Most of the abbey was destroyed during the French Revolution, but the chapel survived and became the parish church. It is considered the oldest surviving church in Paris.
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- Royal abbey
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- monument historique inscrit
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- 6th arrondissement of Paris, France
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