The Heritage Foundation allocates €50,000 to restore this church in Hauts-de-Seine

Thanks to a grant of €50,000 from the Heritage Foundation, the town of Marnes-la-Coquette (Hauts-de-Seine) will be able to renovate its endangered church. The sum will notably make it possible to restore the facades and the exterior bell tower which have been damaged by humidity. The work is due to begin next January.

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The Sainte-Eugénie church in Marnes-la-Coquette (Hauts-de-Seine) will be restored thanks to a grant of €50,000 from the Heritage Foundation. This amount will allow “renovate the facades and the exterior bell tower, which have been seriously damaged by humidity and water infiltration”indicates Sylvie Bosset, departmental delegate for the Heritage Foundation withNews Paris .

Built on the orders of Napoleon III

The restoration should begin at the beginning of January 2025 for a period of nine months. Work will also be carried out inside the church built between 1859 and 1862 on the orders of Napoleon III. This building, described as “full of charm” by Sylvie Bosset, has been listed in the Supplementary Inventory of Historic Monuments since 1993.

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The Heritage Foundation also granted a grant of €50,000 to the town of Limours (Essonne), which will thus be able to renovate the bell tower of its church dating from the 20th century. A welcome financial boost because already in 2009, a diagnosis determined that the church was dilapidated and had structural defects. It was therefore urgent to intervene.