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Tour Saint-Jacques

<p>The <b>Tour Saint-Jacques</b> (<small about="#mwt28" typeof="mw:Transclusion" data-mw="{&quot;parts&quot;:[{&quot;template&quot;:{&quot;target&quot;:{&quot;wt&quot;:&quot;IPA-fr&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;./Template:IPA-fr&quot;},&quot;params&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:{&quot;wt&quot;:&quot;tuʁ sɛ̃ ʒak&quot;}},&quot;i&quot;:0}}]}">French pronunciation:<span>&nbsp;</span><span>​</span></small><span class="IPA"><a href="/en/Help:IPA/French" title="Help:IPA/French" class="wl">[tuʁ sɛ̃ ʒak]</a></span>, 'Saint James's Tower') is a monument located in the <a href="/en/4th_arrondissement_of_Paris" title="4th arrondissement of Paris" class="wl">4th arrondissement of Paris</a>, France, at the intersection of <a href="/en/Rue_de_Rivoli" title="Rue de Rivoli" class="wl">Rue de Rivoli</a> with Rue Nicolas Flamel. This <span>52-metre (171</span><span>&nbsp;</span><span>ft)</span> <a href="/en/Flamboyant" title="Flamboyant" class="wl">Flamboyant Gothic</a> <a href="/en/Tower" title="Tower" class="wl">tower</a> is all that remains of the former 16th-century Church of Saint-Jacques-de-la-Boucherie ("Saint James of the butchers"), which was demolished in 1797, during the <a href="/en/French_Revolution" title="French Revolution" class="wl">French Revolution</a>, leaving only the tower.<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-2"><a href="#cite_note-2" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 2;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[2]</span></a></span></p>

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<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1066479718" typeof="mw:Extension/templatestyles mw:Transclusion">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-header,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-subheader,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-above,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-title,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-image,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-below{text-align:center}</style><div class='mobile-collapse'><header class="mobile-collapse-header mobile-collapse-btn"><b>Quick facts: Coordinates, Location, Type, Height, Beginnin...</b> <span class='arrow'>▼</span></header> <table class="infobox vcard mobile-collapse-element"><caption class="infobox-title fn org">Tour Saint-Jacques</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size"><a href="/en/File:Tour_Saint-Jacques_BLS.jpg" class="mw-file-description image media-thumb" data-hash="File:Tour_Saint-Jacques_BLS.jpg"><img loading="lazy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Tour_Saint-Jacques_BLS.jpg/220px-Tour_Saint-Jacques_BLS.jpg" decoding="async" data-file-width="4251" data-file-height="7057" data-file-type="bitmap" height="365" width="220" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Tour_Saint-Jacques_BLS.jpg/330px-Tour_Saint-Jacques_BLS.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Tour_Saint-Jacques_BLS.jpg/440px-Tour_Saint-Jacques_BLS.jpg 2x" alt="Tour_Saint-Jacques_BLS.jpg"></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Saint-Jacques Tower in April 2015</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><a class="mw-kartographer-map mw-kartographer-container center wl" style="width: 250px; height: 200px;" data-mw-kartographer data-style="osm-intl" data-width="250" data-height="200" data-zoom="13" data-lat="48.857972222222" data-lon="2.3489166666667" data-overlays="[&quot;_b607e00dee7de950a38002f2323608866c271a8c&quot;]" href="/en/Special:Map/13/48.857972222222/2.3489166666667/en"><img loading="lazy"src="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,13,48.857972222222,2.3489166666667,250x200.png?lang=en&amp;domain=en.wikipedia.org&amp;title=Tour+Saint-Jacques&amp;revid=1122782397&amp;groups=_b607e00dee7de950a38002f2323608866c271a8c" alt="Map" width="250" height="200" decoding="async" srcset="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,13,48.857972222222,2.3489166666667,250x200@2x.png?lang=en&amp;domain=en.wikipedia.org&amp;title=Tour+Saint-Jacques&amp;revid=1122782397&amp;groups=_b607e00dee7de950a38002f2323608866c271a8c 2x"></a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Coordinates</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1073938472" typeof="mw:Extension/templatestyles">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a rel="mw:ExtLink" href="//geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Tour_Saint-Jacques&amp;params=48_51_28.7_N_2_20_56.1_E_scale:1000_region:FR_type:landmark" class="external text" target="_blank"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms"><span class="latitude">48°51′28.7″N</span> <span class="longitude">2°20′56.1″E</span></span></span></a></span><span style="font-size: small;"></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Location</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/en/4th_arrondissement_of_Paris" title="4th arrondissement of Paris" class="wl">4th arrondissement of Paris</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Type</th><td class="infobox-data">Church ruins</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Height</th><td class="infobox-data">52 metres (171<span>&nbsp;</span>ft)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Beginning<span>&nbsp;</span>date</th><td class="infobox-data">1509</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Completion<span>&nbsp;</span>date</th><td class="infobox-data">1525</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Dedicated<span>&nbsp;</span>to</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/James,_son_of_Zebedee" title="James, son of Zebedee" class="mw-redirect wl">St. James the Great</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header"><div style="border:4px solid 
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<a href="/en/World_Heritage_Site" title="World Heritage Site" class="wl">UNESCO World Heritage Site</a></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Criteria</th><td class="infobox-data">Cultural: ii, iv, vi</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Designated</th><td class="infobox-data">1998 <span style="font-size:85%;">(22nd <a href="/en/World_Heritage_Committee" title="World Heritage Committee" class="wl">session</a>)</span></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Part of</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/Routes_of_Santiago_de_Compostela_in_France" title="Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France" class="wl">Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Reference<span>&nbsp;</span>no.</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow" href="https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/868" class="external text" target="_blank">868-031</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Region</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/List_of_World_Heritage_Sites_in_Europe" title="List of World Heritage Sites in Europe" class="mw-redirect wl">Europe and North America</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2">
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<p>What remains of the destroyed church of Saint-Jacques-de-la-Boucherie is now considered a national historic landmark.</p>



The Tour Saint-Jacques is a monument located in the 4th arrondissement of Paris, France, at the intersection of Rue de Rivoli with Rue Nicolas Flamel. This 52-metre Flamboyant Gothic tower is all that remains of the former 16th-century Church of Saint-Jacques-de-la-Boucherie , which was demolished in 1797, during the French Revolution, leaving only the tower. What remains of the destroyed church of Saint-Jacques-de-la-Boucherie is now considered a national historic landmark. 