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ST. JOSEPH'S CHURCH

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130, boulevard François-Ier, 76600Le Havre, France Show on map
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2025
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2025

A modern, majestic church with a square base and a monumental bell tower 107 meters high.

One of Auguste Perret’s masterpieces of Reconstruction. Modern and majestic, with a square base, it boasts a monumental bell tower 107 m high, visible from 60 km out to sea. Work began in 1951 on the old plans for a basilica that the architect had imagined: the result was France’s first church, with an altar placed at the centre of a skylight, where the sun plays with Marguerite Huré’s stained-glass windows embedded in the concrete matrix. The shape of its bell tower is said to have been inspired by the Maison de l’Armateur. A must-see.

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Visited in july 2025
La lumière passant par les vitraux est incroyable.
L'effet du à translucidité des verres m plus élevé sur ce qui sont en haut que en bas donne bien l'idée, l'idée d'accès au ciel. Comme s'il était proche alors qu'il ce trouve être inaccessible dans ces lieux mais permet de nous rapprocher d'un point de vue plus métaphorique et spirituel par cette idée.
Visited in july 2025
Dispositions assez impressionnante des miroirs et la gestion de l'éclairage rend hommage de fort belle manière ''béton brut de décoffrage'' qui a servi à sa construction
Visited in july 2025
Die Bauart eines Laternenturms als Kirche ist sehenswert.
Visited in july 2025
An ugly example of post-war brutalist architecture.
Visited in june 2025
Moment de grâce même si on n’est pas croyant.

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