Oratoire du Louvre
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The Église réformée de l'Oratoire du Louvre is a historic Protestant church located at 145 rue Saint-Honoré – 160 rue de Rivoli in the 1st arrondissement of Paris, across the street from the Louvre. I
Front of the church from rue Saint-Honoré
Oratory of the Louvre (late 17th c.)
The classiscal facade on rue Saint-Honoré
The church seen from Rue de Rivoli
Gaspard II de Coligny
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Gaspard de Coligny, seigneur de Châtillon, was a French nobleman, Admiral of France, and Huguenot leader during the French Wars of Religion. He served under kings Francis I and Henry II during the Ita
Oratoire du Louvre
…the new streets cut through the center of the city by Baron Haussman, the convent of the old church was demolished. A statue and monument of Admiral Gaspard de Coligny, the prominent Huguenot leader of the 16th century, was raised on the rue de Rivoli end of the church in 1889. The title "Oratory" of the Catholic was…
Portrait by François Clouet, between 1565 and 1570
Athore, son of the Timucuan king Saturiwa, showing Laudonnière the monument placed by Jean Ribault in 1562.
The Three Chatillon brothers: Odet de Coligny, Gaspard II and François de Coligny d'Andelot
Admiral Coligny's final charge against Guise and Saint-André's gendarmes and the veteran infantry square