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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 june 2025
Gigantesque
Magistrale
Une prouesse technique
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Visited in june 2025
Jede Kathedrale oder Basilika hat eine besondere Ausstrahlungskraft und ist individuell. Hier in Le Havre ist sie mit der gesamten Architektur der Stadt verbunden. Ein großartiges Gesamtbild . Auguste Perret hat hier eine stilbildende Stadtlandschaft geschaffen. Le Havre ist eine Reise wert. Jefferson hat zu Paris gesagt: Ein Spaziergang durch Paris bietet Untericht, Schönheit und im Sinn des Lebens. Das gilt im Kleinen auch für Le Havre
Visited in june 2025
Lieu très particulier par cette construction béton et des vitraux qui sont de simples carrés mais la tour et l'escalier sur son côté tout cela donne une impression de nouveauté, de simplicité et de calme. Exactement ce qu'il faut dans un lieu de recueillement.
Visited in june 2025
Impresionante, y San José es maravilloso, la edificación está a su altura
Visited in june 2025
Magnifique église et architecture.
Encore plus impressionnante de l'intérieur

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