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2 unusual facts about Choisy Cathedral


Choisy Cathedral

The church was built by the architect Ange-Jacques Gabriel under commission from Louis XV to provide a suitable place of worship for the court when the king was staying at his newly purchased residence at the Château de Choisy.

Choisy Cathedral (Cathédrale Saint-Louis-et-Saint-Nicolas de Choisy), otherwise known as the Church of St. Louis and St. Nicholas (Église Saint-Louis Saint-Nicolas), located at Choisy-le-Roi, was the first cathedral of the diocese of Créteil, from 1966, when the diocese was created, to 1987, when the present Créteil Cathedral was inaugurated.


Créteil Cathedral

Before the consecration of the present building, the cathedral of the diocese was the church of Saint Louis and Saint Nicholas at Choisy-le-Roi.


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