Maisons-Alfort,

Notre-Dame du Sacré-Cœur

de Charentonneau

41 Rue Cécile, 94700 Maisons-Alfort

1887 - Cavaillé-Coll

1919 - Mutin

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The church of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart of Maisons-Alfort, whose rather classical plan is in the shape of a Latin cross, was built between 1908 and 1909 by the architect Jacquemin, thanks to the donation of a plot of land worth one hundred thousand gold francs from a benefactress of the commune. This church was made of concrete and brick. The choir was refurbished in the 1970s. It was restored in 2016.

The instrument was built in 1897 by Aristide Cavaillé-Coll. This organ had been commissioned from Cavaillé-Coll by the Russian Court, for the Great Hall of the Kremlin Palace in Moscow. After the October Revolution of 1917, this order was cancelled. The instrument was then dismantled in Moscow and installed in the Music Hall of the French Circle in Istanbul (Turkey). This first purpose explains the particular refinement of the gilded and sculpted cedar sideboard with watch pipes with gilded escutcheons as well as an upturned console facing the nave, whose sculptural work can be admired on its side panels. In 1919, the organ was installed in the church of Notre-Dame du Sacré-Coeur in Charantonneau by Mutin.