Eglise Protestante

Unie de l'Étoile

54, avenue de la Grande-Armée, 75017 Paris

In the 19th century, the area beyond the Place de l'Étoile was made up of wasteland and orchards that were gradually being built. Some Protestants were concerned that this newly built neighbourhood did not have a Protestant place of worship. In 1874 a church was built in the Gothic Revival style. Fifty years later, in 1924, the two buildings on the left and right of the temple were built to house all the activities of the parish.

C1 1874 Construction of the Cavaillé-Coll organ. 2 manuals, 10 stops. 1897 Three stops added and one removed. 1917 Rebuilt by Mutin with 3 manuals (two enclosed), 26 stops, using the original Cavaillé-Coll pipework. 1947–1951 Work carried out by Gonzalez: • Great: the Quint replaced by a four-rank mixture; Bassoon 8 converted into Trumpet 8. • Swell: Cromorne reworked and rebuilt. • Positif: addition of a Nazard 2 2/3 (replacing the Octavin 2); Voix humaine 8 removed and replaced by the Swell Viola 4. • Swell: reinstallation of the Positif Octavin in place of the Viola 4. • Pedal: Bassoon 16 converted into Bombarde 16; improvement of the 16' Contrabass by lowering the cut- ups. 1960 and 1988 Work by Jean-Marc Cicchero. 2010–2016 Restoration of the organ by Antoine Pascal. 2021 Work on the console. 2022 Overhaul of the Great and Pedal keyboards. 2025 Work on the Swell and Positif: • Reinstallation of the Voix humaine removed by Gonzalez in 1951, reconstructed by Nicolas Toussaint as authentically as possible. • The Octavin and Viola returned to their original positions. Source

Titular organist Liesbeth Schlumberger Lionel Avot et Philip Mead (assistants) Parish website Videos Liesbeth Schlumberger Lionel Avot (Duruflé) Lionel Avot (Brahms) Photos Vincent Hildebrandt