Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Lycée Eugène Fromentin
La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, registered (inscrit), in part
- Protection
- inscrit MH partiellement
- Extent of protection
- Chapelle (cad. A 234) : inscription par arrêté du 21 novembre 1969
- Protection dates
- 1969/11/21 : inscrit MH
- Type
- lycée
- Main period of construction
- 2e quart 17e siècle
- Dates
- 1643
- Architect or builder
- Mercier Louis (maître de l'oeuvre)
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune
- Address
- Collège (rue du)
- Commune
- La Rochelle
- Département
- Charente-Maritime
- Region
- Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 46.16350, -1.15027
- Mérimée reference
- PA00104896
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1607 map "Poictou" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Chapelle construite en 1643 pour un collège de Jésuites, par l'architecte Louis Mercier. La chapelle est orientée, et se compose d'une nef unique et d'un transept. Toitures arrondies dans le style de l'époque. Chevet cantonné de deux tours carrées. La façade occidentale est surmontée d'un fronton avec courbes et contre-courbes. Les percements des premier et second niveaux sont encadrés par des frontons et entablements portés par des pilastres à chapiteaux ioniques. La voûte de la nef est en bois. Un décor du début 20e orne le choeur. Le transept droit conserve un retable et un autel baroques.
English translation
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History
Chapel built in 1643 for a Jesuit college, by architect Louis Mercier. The chapel is oriented, and comprises a single nave and a transept. Rounded roofing in the style of the period. Chevet flanked by two square towers. The western facade is surmounted by a pediment with curves and counter-curves. The openings of the first and second levels are framed by pediments and entablatures supported by pilasters with Ionic capitals. The vault of the nave is wooden. Decoration from the early 20th century ornaments the choir. The right transept preserves a Baroque retable and altar.
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