Berlioz’s Birthplace – La Côte Saint-André
Church of Saint-André
The parish church of Saint-André, situated in the middle of the first picture above, and shown below, was built over 900 years ago and is within walking distance of the house in which the Berlioz family lived. The three-day old Hector was baptised in the church’s old Roman chapel on 14 December 1803.
The church organ was built in 1880. The Committee in charge of the matter opted for an organ of the Romantic period as a homage to Berlioz’s era.
Unless otherwise specified, all the photographs reproduced on this page were taken by Michel Austin
in April 1998; the painting is in our own
collection. © Monir Tayeb and Michel Austin.
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Church of Saint-André
This paining, dated 1883 and 1885, is by Johan-Bartold Jongkind
(1819-1891).
Interior of Church of Saint-André
We are grateful to our friend Pepijn van Doesburg for sending us the photograph of the interior of the Church.
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