Church
Église Saint-Pierre-Saint-Paul de Courbevoie
1 local recommends,
Location
10 Rue des Boudoux
Courbevoie, IDF
Tips from locals
Sophie
May 14, 2018
And since you’re in the area you could also call in at this church close to the château. It’s a fine if sober Renaissance building, but the attraction isn’t so much how it looks but the events that took place here and the memorials inside. Joséphine passed away from pneumonia in 1814 and her funeral took place on 2 June that year. The celebrated architect, Louis-Martin Berthault and sculptor Pierre Cartellier collaborated on her tomb. You can also see the stunning mausoleum of her daughter Hortense, who was the mother of Napoleon III who ruled France in the Second Empire and commissioned this monument.
And since you’re in the area you could also call in at this church close to the château. It’s a fine if sober Renaissance building, but the attraction isn’t so much how it looks but the events that took place here and the memorials inside. Joséphine passed away from pneumonia in 1814 and her funer…
