Church of Saint-Rémi

Originally, Notre-Dame de Créteil Cathedral was built by the architect Charles-Gustave Stoskopf and inaugurated in 1976. But the building, too small and too buried in the urban fabric, required an architectural overhaul. Thus, on 20 September 2015, the new, larger and more visible building, created by the Architecture-Studio agency and replacing the old one destroyed in 2013, was inaugurated. The plan was designed as a continuation of the old Stoskopf building.

Built at the beginning of the 20th century, the church was classified as a Historic Monument in 1984. The project was particularly interesting because it was supported by many patrons and artists. The octagonal bell tower is particularly impressive: it dominates the surroundings with its 53 m high. The style of the building, in reinforced cement, is a witness to the new rationalist school of the 1930s, represented here by the architects Marc Brillaud de Laujardière and Raymond Puthomme. The church houses painted wooden panels, art deco style, glass canopies by Max Ingrand, frescoes by Paule and Max Ingrand, as well as a monumental statue of Saint Agnes.

Numerous archaeological excavations were carried out around the church, bringing to light Merovingian sarcophagi and burials possibly dating back to the 15th century. The neo-Gothic stained glass windows of the chevet date from 1854: the three canopies depict the life of Christ. The stained glass of the northern chapel is dedicated to the Virgin and that of the southern chapel to Saint Genevieve.