Notre-Dame-des-Victoires | |
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Église Notre Dame Des Victoires | |
Basic information | |
Location | 566 Bush St, San Francisco, California |
Geographic coordinates | 37°47′27″N 122°24′23″W / 37.7907°N 122.4065°WCoordinates: 37°47′27″N 122°24′23″W / 37.7907°N 122.4065°W |
Affiliation | Roman Catholic |
Country | United States |
Founder | 1856 |
Église Notre Dame Des Victoires is a Roman Catholic church in San Francisco, California. The church was founded in 1856 to serve the French Catholic immigrants during the Gold Rush. The architectural model for the church is the Basilique Notre-Dame de Fourvière in Lyon, France. In 1887, Pope Leo XIII signed the decree placing Eglise Notre Dame des Victoires under the charge of the Marists and giving it the designation of being a French National Church.
The church building was rededicated in 1915 after rising from the ashes of the 1906 earthquake and great fire. In 1984, the church was designated as a historical landmark.
The church remains an important center of San Francisco's French community: it is located adjacent to the city's "French Quarter" centered on Belden Place and regularly conducts a Sunday mass in French.
Front on view
The nave
The choir
Stained glass window
Statue of the Virgin