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A rich body of iconography, comprising around a hundred photographs, accompanies the words of Nicolas Boffy, PhD in art history, with contributions from Matthieu Fantoni, Tetsuyu Shiraishi, Jean Pattinson, père Axel Isabey, sœur Brigitte de Singly, and Richard Duplat.
96 pages
Extract from the table of contents
Introduction
An ancient place of worship
Notre-Dame du Haut Chapel
Commissioning Le Corbusier
Climbing the hill
The wonder of the landscape and the cosmos
The chapel’s technical principles
The construction project
The inauguration of the chapel
The south façade
The east façade
The north and west façades
The shell
Inside the chapel
Artistic synthesis
Light and windows
Paintings
Around the chapel
The pyramid and the houses
The interiors of the two houses
The campanile
Tourists and pilgrims at Ronchamp
Sainte Claire Monastery and the gatehouse
The commission given to RPBW
Designing the monastery
The construction project
The gatehouse
The Poor Clare sisters
Sainte Claire Monastery
The sisters’ oratory
Atelier Corajoud at work
The present and future
The site today
The chapel and its place in history
UNESCO World Heritage
An ailing building
Restoration and preservation for the future
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Until Friday 18 April 2025: 10am to 5pm
From Saturday 19 April 2025: 10am to 6pm
From Monday 12 October 2025: 10am to 5pm
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