Jean-Eugène Fromageau (30 March 1822 - 16 October 1897) was a French architect active in French Algeria. He served as the ecclesiastical architect of the

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Algiers ) is the metropolitan see for the ecclesiastical province of Algiers in Algeria. History * August 10, 1838: Established as Diocese of Algiers from Diocese of Islas Canarias in Spain * 1838: United with Diocese of Iulia Caesarea * July 25, 18 ...

from 1855 to 1870. He designed several church buildings, including

Notre Dame d'Afrique Notre Dame d'Afrique ( English: “Our Lady of Africa”) is a Catholic basilica in Algiers, Algeria. Pope Pius IX granted two Pontifical decrees towards the shrine on the same day on 15 April 1876: * The first decree invoked to canonically cro ...

Early life

Jean-Eugène Fromageau was born in 1822 in Saumur, France. He studied architecture at the

École des Beaux-Arts École des Beaux-Arts (; ) refers to a number of influential art schools in France. The term is associated with the Beaux-Arts style in architecture and city planning that thrived in France and other countries during the late nineteenth centur ...

Career

Fromageau served as the ecclesiastial architect of the

from 1855 to 1870. He remodelled the

Ketchaoua Mosque The Ketchaoua Mosque ( ar, جامع كتشاوة, ''Djamaa Ketchaoua'') is a mosque in the city of Algiers, the capital of Algeria. It was built during the Ottoman rule in the 17th century and is located at the foot of the Casbah of Algiers, whi ...

into the Cathedral of St. Philippe. He also designed

in the Neo Byzantine architectural style. Additionally, he designed a seminary in Kouba and another one in Saint-Eugène, two suburbs of Algiers. Upon his return to France, Fromageau designed the Roman Catholic church in Saint-Jouin-de-Milly. He was a member of the Architectural Society of

Anjou Anjou may refer to: Geography and titles France * County of Anjou, a historical county in France and predecessor of the Duchy of Anjou **Count of Anjou, title of nobility *Duchy of Anjou, a historical duchy and later a province of France **Duk ...

Death

Fromageau died in 1897.

References

1822 births 1897 deaths People from Saumur École des Beaux-Arts alumni 19th-century French architects French ecclesiastical architects Architects of Roman Catholic churches {{France-architect-stub