Saint-Joseph-des-Nations is a Roman Catholic Church located at 161 rue Saint-Maur in the 11th arrondissement of Paris. It was built between 1867 and 1874 in the Neo-Romanesque style by architect Theodore Ballu. The name of the church was chosen to set it apart from the other Paris churches named for Joseph, and to denote the role of the parish as a popular destination for immigrants from around Europe.
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Saint-Joseph-des-Nations is a Roman Catholic Church located at 161 rue Saint-Maur in the 11th arrondissement of Paris. It was built between 1867 and 1874 in the Neo-Romanesque style by architect Theodore Ballu. The name of the church was chosen to set it apart from the other Paris churches named for Joseph, and to denote the role of the parish as a popular destination for immigrants from around Europe.
==History== thumb|left|150px|The hangar that served as the church in the 1850s and 1860s The population of the quarter grew rapidly in the 1850s with the construction of the Ourcq Canal and the industry that accompanied it. The first church was a large hanger holding five hundred parishioners, but it was soon too small for the growing congregation.
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