Saint-Louis-du-Louvre, formerly Saint-Thomas-du-Louvre, was a medieval church in the 1st arrondissement of Paris located just west of the original Louvre Palace. It was founded as Saint-Thomas-du-Louvre in 1187 by Robert of Dreux as a Collegiate church. It had fallen into ruin by 1739 and was rebuilt as Saint-Louis-du-Louvre in 1744. The church was suppressed in 1790 during the French Revolution and turned over the next year for use as the first building dedicated to Protestant worship in the history of Paris, a role in which it continued until its demolition in 1811 to make way for Napoleon's expansion of the Louvre. The Reformed congregation was given l'Oratoire du Louvre as a replacement and saved the choir stalls from Saint-Louis-du-Louvre which are still in place at l'Oratoire.
Etienne Bouhot, The Entrance to the Musee de Louvre and St. Louis Church (1822)
Ground floor plan for Saint-Louis-du-Louvre, from the 1754 book Architecture françoise (vol 3 of 4) by Jacques-François Blondel
Cross section of Saint-Louis-du-Louvre
The entrance and cross section of the church Saint-Louis-du-Louvre
The Église réformée de l'Oratoire du Louvre, is an 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. It was founded as a Roman Catholic church in 1611, became the royal chapel of France and under Louis XIII, and then became a Protestant Church under Napoleon I in 1811. It is now a member of the United Protestant Church of France.
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