Église Saint-Jean-Bosco

The Église Saint-Jean-Bosco is defined by a fifty-three-meter-high reinforced concrete bell tower that rises above the Charonne district. Built between nineteen thirty-three and nineteen thirty-eight, the church stands out as a rare Parisian example of Art Deco religious architecture, constructed during a period when concrete allowed architects to experiment with sharp, geometric forms. The structure was designed by Dumitru Rotter and his son René, who drew inspiration from the pioneering concrete techniques used at the Église Notre-Dame du Raincy.