Interior view

In the first half of the seventeenth century, like most cities, Paris endowed itself with new parish churches, all based on a deliberately traditional - therefore medieval - framework: a central nave with aisles, transept, and ambulatory. Yet, by adapting certain modern forms, each one acquired its own character.

The church of Saint-Paul-et-Saint-Louis was a collaboration between Martellange who drew the initial plans and another Jesuit architect, Fran�ois Derand, who was responsible for the design of the fa�ade.

The photo shows the nave.