Tour Saint-Jacques

Tour Saint-Jacques
	Saint-Jacques Tower in April 2015
	48°51′28.7″N 2°20′56.1″E / 48.857972°N 2.348917°E
Location	4th arrondissement of Paris
Type	Church ruins
Height	52 metres (171 ft)
Beginning date	1509
Completion date	1523
Dedicated to	St. James the Great
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Criteria	Cultural: ii, iv, vi
Designated	1998 (22nd session)
Part of	Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France
Reference no.	868-031
Region	Europe and North America
Monument historique
Designated	1862
Reference no.	PA00086479

The Tour Saint-Jacques (French pronunciation: [tuʁ sɛ̃ ʒak], 'Saint James's Tower') 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 (171 ft) Flamboyant Gothic tower 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 French Revolution, leaving only the tower.^[2]

What remains of the destroyed church of Saint-Jacques-de-la-Boucherie is now considered a national historic landmark.

^ Base Mérimée: Tour Saint-Jacques, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
^ Tupigny, Jacques Pierre Meurgey, baron de (1926). Histoire de la paroisse Saint-Jacques-de-la-Boucherie. Paris: H. Champion.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[1] Base Mérimée: Tour Saint-Jacques, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)

[2] Tupigny, Jacques Pierre Meurgey, baron de (1926). Histoire de la paroisse Saint-Jacques-de-la-Boucherie. Paris: H. Champion.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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