Église Saint-Paul
Neo-Gothic garrison church with twin spires and nineteen doors, built for an imperial army congregation.
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This guide to Eglise Saint-Paul in Strasbourg starts in 1892, when contractors driving foundation piles into waterlogged ground found the budget for a new German army garrison church spiraling out of control. It follows architect Louis Muller as war ministry costs force him to redraw his original Latin-cross plan into a smaller Greek cross, and traces the finished building's nineteen doors and twin spires by 1897. It also touches on the church's later life as a Reformed parish after Alsace returned to France in 1919.
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