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15th arrondissement (detail photo)
15th arrondissement (detail photo)
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1 place du Cardinal Amette---
Metro: Dupleix = 4 min. walk or La Motte Picquet = 6 min. walk---
Church of Saint Leon---
Exterior large, high, 19 panels of mosaic, and interior large mosaic over main altar and smaller panels along sides of church. Mosaics by Auguste Labouret. Apse mosaic in Chapel of the Virgin is by Pierre Chaudiere and Claire Labouret (Auguste Laburet was stuck in Canada, because of WWII). All circa 1940-1947.
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