ChurchHauts-de-Seine

Église Notre-Dame de Boulogne-Billancourt

Boulogne-Billancourt

Dimensions

around 35 m above sea level (urban site)

Period

founded in the 14th century; the present building restored in the 19th century under Napoleon III (architect Eugène Millet)

What stands there

1 founding apparition reported by tradition (636)

According to a medieval tradition, a ship without a crew ran aground in 636 on the shore at Boulogne-sur-Mer, carrying a statue of the Virgin, while the faithful claimed she had appeared to them to announce the event. The Boulogne pilgrimage, visited by Philip the Fair in 1308, inspired his son Philip V to found, in the 14th century near Paris, the village of "Boulogne-la-Petite" around a church dedicated to Notre-Dame de Boulogne — the origin of the name of present-day Boulogne-Billancourt.

Aleteia — Aux origines de Boulogne, une apparition mariale ↗

Getting there : Church open to the public, free admission, 2 Grande Rue, Boulogne-Billancourt

Opening times and access details are given as a guide only: check before you set out.

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Nearby

Église Saint-Clodoald, tombeau du prince devenu ermiteChurch · Saint-Cloud · 2.2 km
Bois de Boulogne — Pré Catelan et Croix-CatelanLegendary forest · Paris (16e arrondissement) · 2.5 km
Mont ValérienSacred hill · Suresnes · 4.7 km
Notre-Dame de Bonne-Délivrance, la Vierge noire de NeuillyChapel · Neuilly-sur-Seine · 5.5 km
Chapelle Notre-Dame de la Médaille Miraculeuse (Rue du Bac)Chapel · Paris (7e arrondissement) · 6.1 km
Église Saint-Hermeland de BagneuxChurch · Bagneux · 6.3 km

In the same department

All places — Hauts-de-Seine (8).