La chapelle de l'hôtel Biron

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In 1820, the Duchess of Sharo, the owner of the mansion Biron, sells all the property and its outbuildings three nuns who founded the Society here Sacred Heart of Jesus. The mansion offers a school for girls. During this period, several small chapels, so that the sisters were built and their novices could molitsya.V 1874 to raise funds to build a new large chapel were sold some items made of wood, decorated the house Biron. The building of the chapel, built in 1876, took the form of a Latin cross, but the design was carried out in the Gothic Revival style, popular among the architects of the time. Inside the chapel also feel style churches of the XIII century. The faithful from the neighborhood could pray only on the ground floor, while the sisters could use the upper etazhami.V 1904 the religious community was abolished, the chapel is closed. During the creation of the Museum Rodin she entered the chapel it sostav.