Visit free of the Church Saint Jean

Name: Visite libre de l'Eglise Saint-Jean
Start: 2018-09-15T14:00:00+02:00
End: 2018-09-16T17:00:00+02:00
Location: Eglise Saint-Jean

Church of neo-Byzantine style, with loans in neo-Romanic style.

15 et 16 septembre 2018Passé

The church Saint Jean, located on the main artery of the city, the boulevard of Rochelle, stands out by its dimensions(size) in this industrial district which developed in the XIXth century, around brewing activity in particular.

Types d'événement

Visite libre

Édition 2018

Aucune sélection

Conditions de participation

Gratuit

À propos du lieu

Eglise Saint-Jean

Place Foch, 55000 Bar-le-Duc

Meuse
Grand Est

From the environment(middle) of the XIXth century, the parish Notre-Dame possesses an appendix in the district of brasseries(breweries), then enlarging. The idea to transform it into church germinates in 1869\. It is in 1875 when the fourth parish is created in Bar-le-Duc under the term of Saint Jean. The study of project was confided(entrusted) to the departmental architect Charles Demoget, but its draughts for a neo-Gothic building are controversial. In 1875 the construction of the church begins conducted by Ernest Birglin. Between 1875 and 1880, only the apse and the transept are established, in a style mixing(involving) the Neo-novel and the Neo-Byzantine. These two styles join in particular in the employment(use) of arcades and of vaults in round arch and of rosettes in simple forms. The construction site(work) is opened again in 1933 by the architect Royer, who builds the nave until 1939\. The building will be only finally ended after the war.