Façade of the church of Saint-Gervais-Saint-Protais in Paris

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The Façade of the church of Saint-Gervais-Saint-Protais in Paris is an early 17th-century classical church front, celebrated as a landmark of French Baroque architecture designed by architect Salomon de Brosse.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf architectural work
church façade
architect Salomon de Brosse
architecturalStyle French Baroque architecture
French classical architecture
associatedWithArchitect Salomon de Brosse
cityQuarter Le Marais
linked to: Marais district
country France
dedicatedTo Saint Gervasius
Saint Protasius
designedIn 17th century
faces Place Saint-Gervais
follows classical architectural vocabulary
hasArchitecturalOrder Corinthian order
Doric order
Ionic order
hasFunction liturgical entrance
urban landmark
hasHorizontalDivision three registers
hasPart attic level
central portal
columns
entablature
flanking side bays
pediment
pilasters
hasSymmetry axial symmetry
hasVerticalDivision three bays
heritageDesignation Monument historique
heritageDesignationAppliesToPart exterior
heritageDesignationCountry France
inception early 17th century
influenced French church façades of the 17th century
influencedBy Italian Baroque architecture
linked to: Italian Baroque
influencedByArchitect Giacomo della Porta
Jacopo Barozzi da Vignola
linked to: Vignola
location 4th arrondissement of Paris
Paris
materialUsed stone
notableFor being a model for later Parisian church façades
combination of classical rigor and Baroque ornament
early example of French Baroque façade design
superposed classical orders
numberOfLevels 3
partOf Church of Saint-Gervais-Saint-Protais
period Early Baroque
religiousAffiliation Roman Catholic Church
linked to: Roman Catholicism

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Salomon de Brosse notableWork Façade of the church of Saint-Gervais-Saint-Protais in Paris