Built in the place of a small chapel of the XVIth century dedicated to Saint Suzanne, the church Saint Roch is one of the vastest of Paris. 126 metres long, it is faithful to the medieval plan.
Louis XIV will put the first stone in 1653, in the presence of his mother Anne of Austria. Jacques Lemercier, the architect of the Sorbonne, will draw plans.
The construction will be interrupted in 1660, while the transept and the last span of the nave were finished. Jules Hardouin-Mansart will take back the management of the construction site in 1701. He will build the back of the choir ellipsoïdal of the chapel of the Virgo.
Again interrupted, the works will start again in 1719 thanks to a donation of the banker Law.
