Outgoing
Saint-Joseph-des-Carmes 1
Themed Tour
Saint-Joseph-des-Carmes 2
Saint-Joseph-des-Carmes 3
Saint-Joseph-des-Carmes 4
Saint-Joseph-des-Carmes 5

Saint-Joseph-des-Carmes

6th Arr.

Step inside a 17th-century Franco-Italian church where Marie de Médicis once prayed and 114 priests met their end during the Revolution. The real treasure is the crypt: an ossuary of massacre victims and a Bernini Virgin await those who venture downstairs.

Franco-Italian architecture
Revolution massacre site
Bernini Virgin statue
17th-century dome

Tips

🎨"Better dome frescoe than the duomo of Florence according to my mother!"
🆔bring ID to enter through university
crypt only open Saturdays at 3pm

Saint-Joseph-des-Carmes

70 Rue de Vaugirard, 75006 Paris, France

Upcoming at Saint-Joseph-des-Carmes

Saturday, Jun 13
Visite guidée de l’église Saint-Joseph-des-Carmes

Visite guidée de l’église Saint-Joseph-des-Carmes

June 13 at 3pm

Step into a church where Marie de Médicis's Italian vision meets revolutionary ghosts. Saint-Joseph-des-Carmes hides Bernini sculptures, a stunning 17th-century dome with trompe-l'œil mastery, and a crypt holding the bones of 114 martyred priests.