Reception and visit of Saint-Guen Church

Name: Reception and visit of Saint-Guen Church
Start: 2022-09-17T14:00:00+02:00
End: 2022-09-18T17:00:00+02:00
Location: Église Saint-Guen

Built in 1966, the Church of Saint-Guen offers visitors a very beautiful example of religious architecture that combines spiritual research and modernity.

17 and 18 September 2022Passed

Conditions

Appointment in the church of Saint-Guen, rue Irène Joliot-Curie Information: 02 97 01 64 00

Ville de Vannes

"At the beginning there had been the request of Father Le Pipe: a place that leads to prayer and that is from here: Breton, Vannes. So granite, wood, slate", remembers Jacque-Henri Maisonneuve, architect of this building with Eric Kasper. The Saint-Guen Church, built in 1966 and certified as a Remarkable Heritage of the 20th Century, offers visitors a fine example of religious architecture that combines spiritual research with modern architectural forms.
Screening of a documentary film directed by KUB with the architect Jacques-Henri Maisonneuve.
Continuous welcome in the church Saturday and Sunday from 2pm to 5pm. Presence of the architect Jacques-Henri Maisonneuve (subject).

About the location

Église Saint-Guen

28 rue Irène Joliot-Curie, 56000 Vannes

Morbihan
Bretagne

Building of pyramidal shape joined with a tower to be faulty, except work. Of plan losangique, the absence of internal pillars made possible by the technique of the lamellé stuck by the high pyramidal skeleton, capable of big(great) reaches(impacts), offers the possibility of gathering(combining) all the faithful in an unique(only) volume. Presence of a thought chapel chapel of the Virgin(Virgo) to the left of the altar under concrete(watertight) forums(stands) intended(designed) for more restrained services(offices).