19 i 20 septiembre

Iraila 2026

Larunbata 19
- 09:00 - 11:00
- 13:30 - 18:00
Igandea 20
- 09:00 - 12:00
- 13:30 - 18:00

Basilique d'Ars-sur-Formans

Rue Jean Marie Vianney 01480 Ars sur Formans

Ain

Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Saint Sixtus Basilica and Sanctuary of Ars

Name: Basílica de San Sixto y Santuario de Ars
Start: 2026-09-19T09:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-09-20T18:00:00+02:00
Location: Basilique d'Ars-sur-Formans

On the site of the sanctuary, you will be able to discover different sites: the Saint Sixtus basilica built by Pierre-Marie BOSSAN, architect of Notre-Dame-de-Fourvière as well as the priest’s presbyt

19 i 20 septiembre

©Sanctuaire d'Ars

On the site of the sanctuary, you can discover different sites: the Saint Sixtus basilica built by Pierre-Marie BOSSAN, architect of Notre-Dame-de-Fourvière as well as the presbytery of the priest of Ars, labeled Maison des Illustres.
Audio-guides available at the sanctuary reception in exchange for an ID. guided tour of the basilica on Saturday at 3 p.m.
Saturday 9 am-11 pm / 1:30 pm-6 pm and Sunday 9 am-12 pm / 1:30 pm-6 pm
Free

Iraila 2026

Larunbata 19
- 09:00 - 11:00
- 13:30 - 18:00
Igandea 20
- 09:00 - 12:00
- 13:30 - 18:00

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Journées Européennes du Patrimoine

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Basilique d'Ars-sur-Formans

Rue Jean Marie Vianney 01480 Ars sur Formans

Ain

Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Church of Romanesque origin remodeled by Jean-Marie Vianney, parish priest of Ars, then transformed by the addition of the apse of Pierre-Marie Bossan, architect of the basilica of Fourvière in Lyonde in 1862, classified Historical Monument. Its green water domes are characteristic of the neo-Byzantine style. For the decoration of the new church, Bossan called on the best artists of the moment, mostly from Lyon. The stained glass windows, representing eight saints, virgins and martyrs, are entrusted to the master glassmaker Pierre Miciol, on cardboard by Paul Borel. Others are due to the painter Georges Decôte and the Parisian glassmaker Emile Ader. The large stone statues of various saints are works by Charles Dufraine, director of the school of sculpture that Bossan had founded in Valencia. Paul Borel, a friend of Bossan and Dufraine, gave Ars his full measure as a religious painter by creating most of the decors, marooned canvases and other wax murals. The exterior sculpture, largel

Etiquetas

Villes et Pays d'art et d'histoire, Monument historique, Édifice religieux

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Iraila 2026

Sixtus-Basilika und Heiligtum von Ars

Saint Sixtus Basilica and Sanctuary of Ars

Basilica di San Sisto e Santuario d'Ars

Basilique Saint Sixte et Sanctuaire d'Ars

Basílica de San Sixto y Santuario de Ars

Iraila 2026