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Origin and history

The Saint-Maurice de Bécon Church is a Catholic religious building located in the Bécon district of Courbevoie, Upper Seine. It was built between 1907 and 1911 by architect Julien Barbier, thanks to a donation of land offered in memory of a lawyer named Maurice. This project met the growing need for a place of worship in this rapidly expanding urban area, then equipped only with a chapel, Saint Charles.

In a neo-Roman style, the church is distinguished by its reinforced concrete structure and its facade decorated with a sculpture of Christ. Its interior is home to stained glass windows designed by Lucien Mette, after the cartons of Alphonse Hermann, as well as an organ of Aristide Cavaillé-Coll dating back to 1865, acquired in 1909 and classified as a historical monument in 1985. This instrument, originally installed in the Palatine Chapel of Gerbéviller, serves both religious services and concerts of sacred or secular music.

The Saint-Maurice church is part of the religious landscape of Courbevoie, alongside the other two Catholic parishes in the city: Saint-Pierre-Saint-Paul and Saint-Adrien. Its history reflects the urban and social evolution of the district of Bécon-les-Bruyères at the beginning of the twentieth century, marked by subdivisions and population growth requiring new cultural and spiritual infrastructures.

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