Eglise de Notre Dame des Anges, the squire -towered church in Rue Dumas, was built in 1856 by Louis Guerre. A large oil portrait presented by Emperor Napoleon III hangs in the Church. A white statue of Joan of Arc, flag held aloft in her right hand, stands in a spacious garden outside, the imposing Roman architecture of the Church providing it an impressive back drop.
Originally built by the Portuguese in 1691, the Eglise de Notre Dame de la Conception was renovated by the French in 1765.
The Red Church
The most beautiful church in Pondicherry is the Eglise de Sacre Coeur de Jesus on south Boulevard. The Gothic towers of the Red Church, as it is soften called, rise impressively across the road from the railway station. In the cold silent interior, stained glass panels depict events from the life of Christ. Sunlight filtering through the stained glass windows throws a many -colored carpet over the pews and the floor.