Saint-Désir de Lisieux church-Wikipedia
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L’ Saint-Désir church is a Catholic church located in Lisieux [ first ] , In France [ 2 ] . It replaces a building of XVIII It is century destroyed during the Battle of Normandy and its architecture is considered to be “One of the most remarkable achievements in reconstruction” [ 3 ] .
The church is located in the French department of Calvados, in the town of Lisieux, at 37 avenue du 6-June [ 3 ] , at the corner with the rue du Héron.
The old Saint-Désir church [ modifier | Modifier and code ]
The church is part of the Notre-Dame-du-Pré abbey, a community founded in Saint-Pierre-sur-Dives at the XI It is century that joins Lisieux [ B 1 ] .
In [ A 1 ] , the classic style church is built [ B 1 ] .
The parish church of Saint-Désir is destroyed during the French Revolution, the chapel is used for this use thereafter [ A 1 ] .
A charity brotherhood exists in Saint-Désir from 1436 and the building retains precious elements including a silver procession cross [ A 2 ] .
In , it is destroyed as well as the other buildings of the abbey by the Allied bombing [ B 1 ] . 21 nuns then die [ 4 ] .
In , the rubble begins to be cleared [ 3 ] . The cobblestones of the Pré d’Auge are then found [ 4 ] .
The new church [ modifier | Modifier and code ]
Of To , the new church is built under the direction of Robert Camelot [ 3 ] , architect of the reconstruction of Lisieux and “According to a modern bias” [ B 1 ] .
The structural coach is completed in 1959 [ B 1 ] .
The security committee decides to close the building for a few months in 2014 [ 3 ] . The church is abandoned to worship by prefectural decree of [ 5 ] .
In , the building is classified as historic monuments [ 2 ] .
The building is in concrete [ B 1 ] . The church is oriented but its opening is located on the north side [ 6 ] .
The church is a vast building with an elongated plane, a reinforced concrete shell adorned with two huge canopies made by Max Ingrand. Architecture is innovative, far from the classic churches [ 3 ] .
The church has seven spans [ B 1 ] .
Furniture [ modifier | Modifier and code ]
The furniture is of quality, the baptistery is decorated by Maurice Rocher [ 2 ] .
Stained glass [ modifier | Modifier and code ]
The large glass roof in the north is dedicated to the Annunciation and is the work of Max Ingrand [ 3 ] .
- Traveler guide in the city of Lisieux
- Heritage of the municipalities of Calvados
Related articles [ modifier | Modifier and code ]
Bibliography [ modifier | Modifier and code ]
: document used as a source for writing this article.
- Alain Nafilyan, “The reconstruction of religious buildings in Lower Normandy after the Second World War”, in situ [online], 11 | 2009, posted on April 18, 2012, accessed September 26, 2022. URL: http://journals.openedion.org/insitu/56666 ; DOI : https://doi.org/10.4000/Insitu.56666
- Collective , Traveler guide in the city of Lisieux , Lisieux, E. Piel, ( read online ) , p. 27-28
- Work Collective , The heritage of the municipalities of Calvados , t. II, Flohic editions, coll. “The heritage of the municipalities of France”, (ISBN 2842341112 ) , p. 1047 .
external links [ modifier | Modifier and code ]
- Resources relating to religion :
- Architecture resource :
- Berenice Poulin, In Lisieux, the Saint-Désir church is now lightning in the evening , news.fr, June 03, 2021
- In Lisieux, the Saint-Désir church illuminates the night , Ouest-france.fr, February 21, 2022
- The many lives of the church of Saint-Désir , ouest-france.fr, 15 mars 2014
- Lisieux. At the origins of the Saint-Désir church , Ouest-France via Actu.fr, October 18, 2019
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