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Basilique Saint-Sauveur

Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine, France

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Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Basilique Saint-Sauveur : inscription par arrêté du 2 mars 1942
Protection dates
1942/03/02 : inscrit MH
Type
basilique
Main period of construction
18e siècle
Dates
1703
Architect or builder
Huguet (architecte), Forestier (architecte)
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Address
rue Saint-Sauveur
Commune
Rennes
Département
Ille-et-Vilaine
Region
Bretagne
Country
France
Coordinates
48.11180, -1.68180
Mérimée reference
PA00090673

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1708 map "Le Bretagne." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

L'église Saint-Sauveur a été reconstruite à partir de 1703 sous la direction de l'architecte Huguet, qui terminait alors les tours de la cathédrale. En 1719, le choeur et le transept étaient presque terminés, mais l'édifice fut endommagé par l'incendie de 1720. Les travaux reprirent lentement, toujours sous la direction d'Huguet jusqu'à son décès en 1730, puis sous celle de Forestier. C'est à lui que l'on doit la façade à l'italienne, réalisée vers 1755. Les travaux furent achevés en 1764.

English translation

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The church of Saint-Sauveur was rebuilt from 1703 under the direction of the architect Huguet, who was then completing the towers of the cathedral. In 1719, the choir and transept were almost completed, but the building was damaged by the fire of 1720. Work resumed slowly, still under the direction of Huguet until his death in 1730, then under that of Forestier. It is to him that we owe the Italianate façade, realised around 1755. Work was completed in 1764.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

Base Mérimée, Ministère de la Culture, data last updated 2026-09-17, reused under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab). Record text is reproduced unchanged. Ministère de la Culture · Licence Ouverte 2.0
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