Le couvent de la Visitation Sainte-Marie de Fourvière (Lyon, Rhône)

Property of the Hospices civils of Lyon, the former convent of the Visitation Sainte-Marie de Fourvière is one of the first works of Pierre-Marie Bossan in Lyon. Its transformation in warehouse for their archives in the middle of 1970s led to important modifications of its structure. From ancient so...

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Main Author: Catherine Guégan
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Language:fra
Published: Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication 2012-04-01
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/insitu/5620
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description Property of the Hospices civils of Lyon, the former convent of the Visitation Sainte-Marie de Fourvière is one of the first works of Pierre-Marie Bossan in Lyon. Its transformation in warehouse for their archives in the middle of 1970s led to important modifications of its structure. From ancient sources and from rare recent studies, this article suggests redrawing the main stages of its construction and its internal development, by insisting more particularly on the decoration of the church. It is indeed there that already assert themselves in their plenitude the main elements of the decorative vocabulary of the architect, the theory of which will be transcribed at the end of the 19th century by his first biographer, Félix Thiollier.
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spelling doaj-art-f6fb46bc44c04560a6c36bd1a827f5fc2025-01-09T12:43:55ZfraMinistère de la Culture et de la CommunicationIn Situ1630-73052012-04-011110.4000/insitu.5620Le couvent de la Visitation Sainte-Marie de Fourvière (Lyon, Rhône)Catherine GuéganProperty of the Hospices civils of Lyon, the former convent of the Visitation Sainte-Marie de Fourvière is one of the first works of Pierre-Marie Bossan in Lyon. Its transformation in warehouse for their archives in the middle of 1970s led to important modifications of its structure. From ancient sources and from rare recent studies, this article suggests redrawing the main stages of its construction and its internal development, by insisting more particularly on the decoration of the church. It is indeed there that already assert themselves in their plenitude the main elements of the decorative vocabulary of the architect, the theory of which will be transcribed at the end of the 19th century by his first biographer, Félix Thiollier.https://journals.openedition.org/insitu/5620service central des archives des Hospices civils de LyonCharles DufraineMarie-Aimée BossanMère Marie-Régis DevilleMgr Franzonicardinal de Bonald
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Le couvent de la Visitation Sainte-Marie de Fourvière (Lyon, Rhône)
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service central des archives des Hospices civils de Lyon
Charles Dufraine
Marie-Aimée Bossan
Mère Marie-Régis Deville
Mgr Franzoni
cardinal de Bonald
title Le couvent de la Visitation Sainte-Marie de Fourvière (Lyon, Rhône)
title_full Le couvent de la Visitation Sainte-Marie de Fourvière (Lyon, Rhône)
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title_full_unstemmed Le couvent de la Visitation Sainte-Marie de Fourvière (Lyon, Rhône)
title_short Le couvent de la Visitation Sainte-Marie de Fourvière (Lyon, Rhône)
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topic service central des archives des Hospices civils de Lyon
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Marie-Aimée Bossan
Mère Marie-Régis Deville
Mgr Franzoni
cardinal de Bonald
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