The Church of Saint-Sulpice is located between the Luxembourg gardens and the Boulevard Saint-Germain. The temple is huge: the size it is second only to Notre Dame de Paris. In addition, at Saint-Sulpice is the biggest in France body.

At least from the ninth century on this place there was a little Church. In 1646 began construction of a new, larger Church. It lasted until the French revolution under the leadership of various architects, among whom was Giovanni Servandoni, which gave the Church its classical facade. Fully the Church was completed only in 1870, but a year later the North bell tower was partially destroyed another of Paris by the Prussians. Restored bell tower was in our days.

During the French revolution Saint-Sulpice was desecrated: she was turned into a temple of Victory and Banquet hall. Here, in particular, was celebrated the success of the Egyptian campaign of Napoleon. However, it was Napoleon in 1800 returned to the Church its purpose.

Inside the temple is so unusual attribute as the gnomon is an astronomical instrument for determining the direction of the true Meridian. In the stone floor of Saint-Sulpice is clearly visible running from the gnomon, a copper strip, indicating the direction of the Paris Meridian until 1884 all longitude was calculated from it). In fact, however, is more precisely defined in Meridian of the Paris Observatory, located a kilometer to the South.

The interior of the temple is magnificent. Its main nave of up to 120 metres in length, arch height of about 30 meters. In the Church two bodies, for small choir with 22 pipes and large pipes 102. The history of the organs of Saint-Sulpice is from the XVI century. From century to century they became more and more difficult. In the second half of the nineteenth century to them did their best talent brilliant musical the wizard of Aristide cavaillé-Col. It was he who made the great organ of Saint-Sulpice largest in France. Amazing tool has a height of 18 meters, it has seven floors.

In the chapel of the Church you can see frescoes painted by Delacroix "the Battle of Jacob with the angel", "Saint Michael slaying the demon" and "Exile robber of Heliodorus from the temple in Jerusalem". This is the last major work by the artist.