General Information
Project Type
| Function / usage: |
Church |
|---|---|
| Material: |
Reinforced concrete structure |
| Architectural style: |
Modern |
Awards and Distinctions
Location
| Location: |
Lorient, Morbihan (56), Bretagne, France |
|---|---|
| Coordinates: | 47° 44' 58.33" N 3° 21' 38.98" W |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| bell tower | height | 54 m |
Materials
| building structure |
reinforced concrete
|
|---|---|
| bell tower |
reinforced concrete
|
Excerpt from Wikipedia
The Church of Our Lady of Victory (French:église Notre-Dame-de-Victoire) is a Roman Catholic parish church in central Lorient, France. It is the most important parish in the Lorient Country.
History
The building was completed in 1955, after the 1943 bombings that destroyed the 1810 Church of Saint Louis. The name of the church (Our Lady of Victory) refers to the 1746 British raid on Lorient.
The church was initially designed in 1953 by Jean-Baptiste Hourlier, who had won the 1926 Grand Prix de Rome and served as the deputy chief architect of the reconstruction of Lorient between 1946 and 1952. The church was labelled an official "20th-century heritage" building (Patrimoine du XXe siècle [fr]).
Architecture
The 54-meter-high concrete bell tower is the highest point of Lorient. Its top is reached by a staircase of 270 steps.
Inside the apse, a fresco made by Nicolas Untersteller shows the Coronation of Mary.
The statues of the church were made by René Letourneur.
Text imported from Wikipedia article "Notre-Dame-de-Victoire, Lorient" and modified on October 22, 2020 according to the CC-BY-SA 4.0 International license.
Participants
- Jean-Baptiste Hourlier (architect)
Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- (1957): L'église Saint-Louis, à Lorient. In: La Technique des Travaux, v. 33, n. 5-6 (May 1957), pp. 195-200.
- About this
data sheet - Structure-ID
20080261 - Published on:
22/10/2020 - Last updated on:
23/02/2021
