Saint-Ambroise is a Roman Catholic parish church in Paris's 11th arrondissement, dedicated to Saint Ambrose and giving the neighborhood its name. The first chapel on the site was built in 1659 by the Annonciades de Popincourt. Étienne-Hippolyte Godde enlarged the church after Paris bought it in 1811, but it was demolished under Napoleon III and Baron Haussmann to make way for Boulevard Voltaire.
Théodore Ballu, the city's official architect for religious buildings, designed the new church, and construction began in 1863. The Second Empire style mixes Neo-Romanesque and Neo-Gothic elements. It is about 285 feet (87 meters) long, and its two towers rise about 223 feet (68 meters).
Jules-Eugène Lenepveu painted murals in the transept, and the main organ dates to 1869. It was listed as a historic monument in 1978.
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