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Musée du Hiéron

Paray-le-Monial, Saône-et-Loire, France

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Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Le Musée du Hiéron en totalité (cad. AI 37, cf plan cadastral annexé à l'arrêté) : inscription par arrêté du 21 décembre 2015
Protection dates
2015/12/21 : inscrit MH
Type
immeuble
Main period of construction
4e quart 19e siècle
Dates
1888
Architect or builder
Bion Noël (architecte), Alési Hugo (peintre)
Ownership
propriété d'une association cultuelle
Address
13 rue Paix
Commune
Paray-le-Monial
Département
Saône-et-Loire
Region
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Country
France
Coordinates
46.45202, 4.12307
Mérimée reference
PA71000077

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1838 map "Lyon" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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Réalisé de 1888 à 1893 par l'architecte Noël Bion, le Hiéron est conçu autour du concept de musée eucharistique. L'architecture du bâtiment allie au clacissisme du vocabulaire la modernité des techniques constructives, comme l'utisation de la charpente métallique, conférant à l'édifice un certain éclectisme. De forme triangulaire, il se compose de quatre galeries à éclairage zénithal entourant une salle centrale octogonale. Le portail monumental est inscrit dans une travée composite surmontée d'un fronton cintré brisé à volutes et d'un fronton triangulaire. La grande salle, dite salle des Fastes, abrite trois peintures murales sur toiles marouflées, oeuvres d'Hugo d'Alési.

English translation

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Completed from 1888 to 1893 by architect Noël Bion, the Hiéron is designed around the concept of an eucharistic museum. The architecture of the building combines the classicism of the vocabulary with the modernity of constructive techniques, such as the use of metal roof structure, conferring on the building a certain eclecticism. Triangular in form, it consists of four galleries with overhead lighting surrounding a central octagonal room. The monumental portal is inscribed within a composite bay surmounted by a broken curved pediment with scrolls and a triangular pediment. The great room, called the Hall of Feasts, houses three mural paintings on canvas, works by Hugo d'Alési.

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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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