Church of Saint-Augustin (Saint Augustine) - Catholic church, located between the Boulevard Malesherbes and Avenue Cesar Coeur. A small area in front of the church is called - Saint Augustin.

The appearance here of the church was a direct consequence of urban reform of Paris Prefect Haussmann. Large-scale housing construction in the area in the second half of the XIX century, and has demanded a new church. Victor raises it Baltar, architect Les Halles.

The task was not easy: the site chosen for the church turned out to be rather narrow and elongated. Baltar boldly applied the new technology of that time: the foundation of a building 80 meters high has become a solid metal frame, then topped with stone. This would eliminate the usual buttresses, requiring additional space.

The church is made in the eclectic style that uses elements of Romanesque and Byzantine architecture. The facade is decorated with huge rose-window above the gate of the church is the bas-relief with the image of Christ and his twelve apostles.

The temple is dedicated to St. Augustine - the great Christian philosopher, preacher, theologian IV-V centuries. This is one of the Fathers of the Christian Church, is deeply revered in Catholicism and Orthodoxy. In his autobiographical work "The Confession," he describes how, after passing through the heresy known God. St. Augustine developed a remarkably profound teaching about the relationship between God and man, the freedom of the human will and divine predestination, of time and space.

On the square in front of the Church of St. Augustine in 1896, it was installed the second in Paris horse monument to Joan of Arc sculptor Jean Dubois. The sculpture depicts the Maid of Orleans with a sword in his right hand, his eyes raised to the sky warrior. According to its artistic merits greatly exceeds the gilded monument fellow from the area of ​​the Pyramids.

The architecture of the church, its interior decoration are impressive. It was here that the famous African explorer Charles de Foucauld experienced a stunning experience appeals to faith and a deep spiritual transformation.