- Choisy Cathedral
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The former Choisy Cathedral, otherwise the Church of Saints Louis and Nicholas, Choisy
Choisy Cathedral (Cathédrale Saint-Louis-et-Saint-Nicolas de Choisy), otherwise known as the Church of St. Louis and St. Nicholas (Église Saint-Louis Saint-Nicolas), located at Choisy-le-Roi, was the first cathedral of the diocese of Créteil, from 1966, when the diocese was created, to 1987, when the present Créteil Cathedral was inaugurated.
The church was built by the architect Ange-Jacques Gabriel under commission from Louis XV to provide a suitable place of worship for the court when the king was staying at his newly-purchased residence at the Château de Choisy. The first stone was laid, by the king himself, on 4 July 1748, and the church was dedicated in the presence of the king, the court and the Archbishop of Paris on 21 September 1760.
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Categories:- Former cathedrals in France
- Buildings and structures in Val-de-Marne
- French church stubs
- Roman Catholic cathedral stubs
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