Saint-Louis Church (french: Église Saint-Louis de Grenoble), is a

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History

At the request of the bishop

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, the first stone of Saint-Louis church was built between 1689 and 1699. Claude Mollard, a king's engineer and local architect, drew up the plans according to the classical French style. For reasons of economy, the architecture is deliberately sober. Eglise Saint Louis - Grenoble

There is a groined vault in the nave, a semi circular barrel-vault in the arms of the transept, and a cupola dominating the transept crossing. The actual organ replaced the organ from

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windows are recognizable as two different styles. Some date to 1925 and adorn four windows of the aisles. Others date to 1934, and adorn both the lower and higher windows at the ends of the transept. The stained glass windows were produced by the master glass-maker Louis Balmet.Louis Balmet website
/ref> Outside, a black marble plaque bears a Latin inscription which means : Louis the Great erected this house for the Lord in the year 1699.

Interior

The interior of the church contains a blank white marble of the 16th century; paintings dated 1680 and the hand of a Dominican friar, Brother André; confessionals and a pulpit dating from the 17th century walnut wood and an 18th-century altar. The great organ of 17th Century, built in 1746-1747 by Samson Scherrer, a new organ were replaced in 1980 made by Bartolomeo Fromentelli and including 61 consoles and 4600 pipes. File:Grenoble - Saint-Louis - orgue.jpg, The Organ

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