Boulogne-sur-Mer, FR

Saint-François-de-Sales Church, Boulogne sur Mer

The foundation stone was laid on August 29, 1857. The work was carried out by the contractor Adolphe Crouy and the carpenter-joiner A. Lacour. The church was blessed on December 15, 1859, consecrated on July 4, 1868 and given to the city on May 25, 1868. After the damages of the Second World War, it was restored from 1951 to 1959 according to the plans of the architect Yves Laloy, by the masonry firm Jean Lapouille d'Hazebrouck. The sculpted capitals are of Donlinger marble-sculptor.

About this building

The building is generally in the neo-Romanesque style and consists of a nave made up of three naves. Its confessionals are integrated into the thickness of the walls and have a series of intersecting arches. Above them, a gallery used to communicate with the neighbouring establishment of the Augustinian sisters.

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Immaculée-Conception Basilica, Boulogne sur Mer

The present basilica, under the name of Notre-Dame, was built in the 19th century on the ruins of a medieval building. The building rests on one of the largest crypts in France (100 metres long and with a surface area of 1,400m²), which was laid out during the construction work on the foundations of the Romanesque crypt.

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