Notre-Dame-de-Bonne-Nouvelle in Paris was designed by Étienne-Hippolyte Godde and built from 1823 to 1830. The article names no client. The style is Neoclassical, and the facade is modeled on an ancient Roman basilica, with two Doric columns forming a peristyle over the porch. A 17th-century bell tower is the only surviving part of the earlier exterior.
Inside is an octagonal baptismal font for full-immersion baptism, with mosaics of the four Evangelists' symbols and seven steps said to represent the seven capital sins. Choir paintings include works by Giovanni Lanfranco and Philippe de Champaigne.
The Catholic League destroyed the first church in 1591. Queen Anne of Austria laid the first stone of a new church in 1628, which was badly damaged in the Revolution and pulled down in 1823. It was registered as a historic monument in 1983 and is an active parish church. The article gives no hours.
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