Church of Notre-Dame de la Compassion

The Church of Notre-Dame de la Compassion is linked to a tragic incident that involved prince Ferdinand Philippe of Orléans (1810-1842), son of the king Louis Philippe. The Duke lost his balance on the horse and fell off on the ground. Unfortunately Ferdinand Philippe and fractured his skull. Unconscious, the prince was taken to the backroom of a nearby grocery store. There he died a couple of hours later surrounded by his family. A little chapel was built in 1842-1843 on the site of the grocery store where Ferdinand Philippe had died. Under the chapel was built a vast crypt, the ‘lower church’. In 1993 the chapel became a parish church and was renamed ‘Notre-Dame de la Compassion’.