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Pierre-Marie Bossan
Pierre-Marie Bossan (23 July 1814, in Lyon – 23 July 1888, in La Ciotat) was a French historicist architect, a pupil of Henri Labrouste, specialising in ecclesiastical architecture. Life and work In 1844 he was appointed architect to the diocese of Lyon, where his major work was the neo-Byzantine basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière (1872–84), on a height dominating Lyon. He also designed Lyon's Église Saint-Georges, an extension to the parish church at Ars-sur-Formans (1862–65) and churches at Régny, Neulise and Couzon-au-Mont-d'Or (1854–56), as well as the pilgrimage basilica of La Louvesc (1865) in the department of Ardèche, Dauphiné. There are funerary monuments designed by Bossan at Valence. He is buried in the Cimetière de Loyasse, Lyon. Selected works * 1854–56: Cloister of the Visitandines, Lyon * About 1855: Maison Blanchon, quai Fulchiron, Lyon. A house in Moorish taste * 1858–62: Église de l'Immaculée-Conception, Lyon * completed 1859: Pet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre Bossan
Pierre-Marie Bossan (23 July 1814, in Lyon – 23 July 1888, in La Ciotat) was a French historicist architect, a pupil of Henri Labrouste, specialising in ecclesiastical architecture. Life and work In 1844 he was appointed architect to the diocese of Lyon, where his major work was the neo-Byzantine basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière (1872–84), on a height dominating Lyon. He also designed Lyon's Église Saint-Georges, an extension to the parish church at Ars-sur-Formans (1862–65) and churches at Régny, Neulise and Couzon-au-Mont-d'Or (1854–56), as well as the pilgrimage basilica of La Louvesc (1865) in the department of Ardèche, Dauphiné. There are funerary monuments designed by Bossan at Valence. He is buried in the Cimetière de Loyasse, Lyon. Selected works * 1854–56: Cloister of the Visitandines, Lyon * About 1855: Maison Blanchon, quai Fulchiron, Lyon. A house in Moorish taste * 1858–62: Église de l'Immaculée-Conception, Lyon * completed 1859: Petit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
