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Bourse du Travail et son marché couvert

Calais, Pas-de-Calais, France

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Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Bourse du Travail et son marché couvert (cad. AL 675) : inscription par arrêté du 28 juin 2000
Protection dates
2000/06/28 : inscrit MH
Type
bourse du travail, marché
Main period of construction
2e quart 20e siècle
Dates
1937
Architect or builder
Poyé Roger (architecte), Ingrand Max (peintre), Ingrand Paule (peintre), Coin (sculpteur)
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Address
place Crèvecoeur
Commune
Calais
Département
Pas-de-Calais
Region
Hauts-de-France
Country
France
Coordinates
50.94468, 1.85860
Mérimée reference
PA62000035

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University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1918 map "World War I Map (German), Nr. 185. Military Events ... to April 22, 1918." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Construit de 1937 à 1939 au coeur du quartier ouvrier de Saint-Pierre par l'architecte Poyé, la Bourse du Travail est un ensemble architectural d'importance associé à un marché couvert ; outre des salles de réunions et des bureaux, cet ensemble comprend une grande salle des syndicats de 1200 places ornée de staffs et d'une fresque monumentale en cadre de scène, oeuvre des peintres Max et Paule Ingrand. La façade sur la place Crévecoeur est en béton recouvert de briques de parement brun foncé ; elle reçoit un grand bas-relief, oeuvre du lillois Coin représentant les allégories de la Paix et du Travail. Cette architecture monumentale est un exemple exceptionnel de la place tenue par les syndicats dans la vie urbaine et est une œuvre majeure de l'architecte Poyé.

English translation

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Built from 1937 to 1939 in the heart of the working-class district of Saint-Pierre by architect Poyé, the Labour Exchange is an architectural ensemble of importance associated with a covered market; in addition to meeting rooms and offices, this ensemble comprises a large trade union hall of 1200 seats decorated with stucco and a monumental fresco in a scene frame setting, a work by painters Max and Paule Ingrand. The façade on Place Crévecoeur is in concrete covered with dark brown facing bricks; it receives a large bas-relief, a work by Lillois Coin representing the allegories of Peace and Labour. This monumental architecture is an exceptional example of the place held by trade unions in urban life and is a major work by architect Poyé.

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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