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Église Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption

Jassans-Riottier, Ain, France

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Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Eglise (cad. AL 102) : inscription par arrêté du 1er février 1996
Protection dates
1996/02/01 : inscrit MH
Type
église
Main period of construction
19e siècle
Dates
1863
Architect or builder
Poncet Benoît (architecte), Giniez Jean-Étienne (architecte), Michel Malterre (entrepreneur)
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Commune
Jassans-Riottier
Département
Ain
Region
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Country
France
Coordinates
45.98191, 4.75877
Mérimée reference
PA01000003

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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1761 map "86 Macon." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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Eglise homogène construite de 1863 à 1864 sur la conception de Jean-Etienne Giniez, à la demande de l'architecte Benoît Poncet qui souhaitait créer un édifice pour y enterrer son fils unique mort à seize ans. Décorée dans le style néo-roman.

Esplanade devant la façade à laquelle un perron de 17 arches permet d'accéder. La flèche s'élève à une hauteur de 42 mètres. L'ensemble de l'église est de plus pur style roman. L'entrée comprend 2 colonnes carrées, en saillie qui encadrent deux belles colonnes rondes, en pierre de cruas, et supportent un fronton triangulaire.

English translation

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Homogeneous church built from 1863 to 1864 on the design of Jean-Etienne Giniez, at the request of the architect Benoît Poncet who wished to create a building to bury his only son who died at sixteen years old. Decorated in the neo-Romanesque style.

Esplanade before the façade to which a flight of steps with 17 arches provides access. The spire rises to a height of 42 metres. The whole of the church is of the purest Romanesque style. The entrance comprises 2 square columns, projecting which frame two fine round columns, in Cruas stone, and support a triangular pediment.

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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