Presentation of the work of the closed and covered by a heritage architect

Name: Presentation of the work of the closed and covered by a heritage architect
Start: 2022-09-17T15:00:00+02:00
End: 2022-09-17T17:00:00+02:00
Location: Église Notre-Dame

At the end of the year, the restoration of Notre-Dame Church will begin. A heritage architect will be present to explain this operation and answer your questions.

Saturday 17 September 2022, 15:00Passed

Conditions

Free. Free entry: information by email or phone.

Registration

patrimoine@barleduc.fr 03 29 79 51 40

©Ville de Bar-le-Duc / Guillaume Ramon

At the end of 2022, work will begin on restoring the enclosed and covered church of Notre-Dame, the oldest building in Bar-le-Duc. Mr. Capiaumont, heritage architect of the firm 1090 Architects, will be there to present you the operation, the sides of restoration and the technical choices, and answer your questions.

About the location

Église Notre-Dame

3 Rue Jeanne d'Arc, 55000 Bar-le-Duc

Meuse
Grand Est

The oldest religious building in the city, Notre-Dame Church was also its only parish church until the end of the 18th century. Modified several times, it was provided with an arrow burned by lightning in 1619\. A new tower with a dome was built in 1728\. Founded by the Countess Sophie in 1088 on the site of the first sanctuary dedicated to the Virgin, the priory of Notre-Dame depends on the rich abbey of Saint-Mihiel.
With the western façade, this architectural ensemble, designed by the monk architect Nicolas Pierson, introduces a classical ornamental vocabulary: pilasters, railings, dome. The high relief of the Assumption of the Virgin, due to the chisel of the sculptor Louis Humbert, surmounts the entrance porch since 1751\. Conventual buildings (cloisters, gardens, places of life of the monks) organized around the church remain only part transformed into civil hospices from 1812\. A square replaces the parish cemetery that adjoined the church to the east.