St.-Nicolas des Champs: Rue St.-Martin

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The Catholic church of Saint-Nicolas-de-Champs (Eglise Saint Nicolas des Champs) is located on rue Saint Martin in the 3rd arrondissement of Paris. This temple - an example of the style "Flamboyant Gothic" in the capital Frantsii.Dokument 1079 reports that in place of the present church of Saint-Nicolas-de-Champs chapel was built for the parishioners of the Abbey of Saint-Martin-de-Champ. The parish grew rapidly, so that the temple had to be increased. In 1420, construction began, but the Hundred Years War and the plague epidemic stalled construction site for years to come. And only in the XVI century, the construction continued. Therefore, the temple is decorated in the mainstream in this era style "Flamboyant Gothic".Tserkov Saint-Nicolas-de-Champs was the place where Saint Louise de Mariyak had a vision of the Holy Spirit. It was after she founded the Society of the Sisters of Charity of Vincent de Polya.