The Church of Saint-Augustin (St. Augustine) – Catholic Church, located between the Boulevard Malesherbes Avenue and Cesar tower. Small square before the Church is called Saint-Augustin.

The appearance here of the temple was a direct consequence of the urban reforms of the active prefect of Paris, Baron Haussmann. Large-scale housing construction in the area during the second half of the nineteenth century demanded a new Church. Constructed it Victor Baltar, architect of Les Halles.

The task was difficult: the site chosen for the Church was elongated and relatively narrow. Baltar boldly applied the then-new technology: the Foundation of a building of 80 meters height became a durable metal frame, lined with a stone. This allowed us to abandon the usual buttresses, requiring additional space.

The Church in eclectic style using the elements of the Romanesque and Byzantine architecture. The facade is decorated with a huge rose window, over the Church gate is a bas-relief depicting Christ and His twelve apostles.

The Church 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 "Confession" he describes how, through heresy, know God. St. Augustine developed a strikingly deep teaching about the relationship between God and man, about the freedom of the human will and divine predestination, about time and space.

In the square before the Church of St. Augustine in 1896 was installed second in Paris equestrian statue of Joan of Arc by the sculptor Jean Dubois. The sculpture depicts the virgin of Orleans with a sword in his right hand, eyes female warrior raised to the sky. Artistic value of the monument is much superior fellow gold plated with square Pyramids.

The architecture of the Church, its interior is impressive. It is here that the famous Explorer of Africa Charles de Foucault has experienced a stunning experience of conversion to the faith and deep spiritual transformation.