Churches of France

Seen here in 1858 during the reconstruction of the district, the church was without the tall tower which was built subsequently. During the Wars of Religion, it was the bell in the smaller tower (behind the nave), named 'Marie', which sounded on the night of 23 August 1572, marking the beginning of the St Bartholomew's Day Massacre. Thousands of Protestant Huguenots, who visited the city for the wedding of Henry of Navarre, were killed by the Parisian mob.