Saint-Sulpice in Paris was begun in 1646 for the parish priest Jean-Jacques Olier, with Anne of Austria laying the first stone. Christophe Gamard drew the designs in 1636, and Daniel Gittard made the general design from 1660. Gilles-Marie Oppenord and Giovanni Servandoni later supervised it, and Servandoni designed the west facade. Jean-François Chalgrin built the north tower. The infobox gives completion in 1870, while the text gives no completion date and describes work continuing into the late 1700s.
The infobox says Baroque, with a Neoclassical west facade. The article gives no church dimensions. The white marble gnomon obelisk is nearly eleven meters high.
Delacroix painted murals from 1855 to 1861, and Cavaillé-Coll rebuilt the organ in 1862. An arson fire struck in March 2019. It is an active parish church, with Sunday organ concerts at 10:00 and Mass at 11:00.
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