The Church of Saint-Roch in Paris was begun by Jacques Lemercier, with Jules Hardouin-Mansart taking over in 1701, Robert de Cotte building the facade and Étienne-Louis Boullée designing later chapels. The article names no client, but Louis XIV laid the first stone in 1653. The infobox gives 1653 to 1722, while the text says it was built between 1653 and 1740. Work halted in 1660 and resumed in 1701.
The article calls the style French Baroque and classical, with a Gothic-style floor plan and Italian Baroque-inspired facades. It is about 413 feet (126 m) long. It names no overall materials.
On 13 Vendémiaire in 1795, Napoleon Bonaparte's artillery fired on royalists in front of the church, and cannon marks remain visible. It was listed as a historic monument in 1914 and is an active Catholic parish church. The article gives no hours.
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