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Chapelle de la confrérie du Saint-Sépulcre ou des Pénitents bleus

Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France

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Designation
Historic monument, classified (classé)
Protection
classé MH
Extent of protection
Chapelle, y compris son accès au rez-de-chaussée (cad. KP 76) : classement par arrêté du 19 mai 2000
Protection dates
2000/05/19 : classé MH
Type
chapelle
Main period of construction
4e quart 18e siècle
Later work
19e siècle
Dates
1782
Architect or builder
SPINELLI Antonio (architecte), LAURENTI André (entrepreneur)
Ownership
propriété d'une association cultuelle
Address
7 place Garibaldi
Commune
Nice
Département
Alpes-Maritimes
Region
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Country
France
Coordinates
43.70047, 7.27990
Mérimée reference
PA06000003

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1756 map "Carte de Cassini (c. 1756)" (IGN France — Géoportail).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

La chapelle du Saint-Sépulcre appartient aux Pénitents bleus, l'une des quatre confréries niçoises toujours en activité. Sa construction est indissociable de la création de la place Vittoria (actuellement Garibaldi) à la fin du 18e siècle. Chapelle bâtie sur les plans de Antonio Spinelli par l'entrepreneur André Laurenti de 1782 à 1784. La principale particularité de la chapelle est son intégration au projet urbain ; elle ne se distingue des maisons voisines que par la monumentalité de sa façade (soubassement à bossages, ordre colossal, fronton). Intérieur peint (peut-être par le niçois Emmanuel Costa) au 19e siècle.

English translation

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The chapel of the Holy Sepulchre belongs to the Pénitents bleus, one of four Nice confraternities still active. Its construction is inseparable from the creation of the place Vittoria (currently Garibaldi) at the end of the 18th century. Chapel built according to the plans of Antonio Spinelli by the contractor André Laurenti from 1782 to 1784. The principal feature of the chapel is its integration into the urban project; it distinguishes itself from neighbouring houses only by the monumentality of its façade (rusticated basement, colossal order, pediment). Interior painted (perhaps by the Nice artist Emmanuel Costa) in the 19th century.

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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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