Basilique Saint Joseph
Today's Basilique St-Joseph, a large three-aisled building with a high, massive concrete bell tower, replaces the former royal church (financed by Louis XIV) "outside the walls", destroyed a few years after the completion of the current one, consecrated in 1924.
The foundation stone for the new church was laid on July 2, 1914 by the Bishop of Grenoble, Mgr Maurin. Completed in 1924, the basilica is a very large edifice with an adjoining bell tower whose spire reaches a height of 38 m. It was designed by archtectes Paul Perrin and Francisque Girard, and contractors Pennequin père et fils (Joseph and Auguste) and Jules Bonnet. Abbé Pierre was curate here from 1939 to 1942.
Equipped with an incomplete organ only from 1943, it was fully restored and completed in 2004, and equipped with a digital transmission system unique in Isère.
En pratique
Thème
- Religious heritage,
- Basilica,
- Church
Information mise à jour le 06/09/2017
par Direction de la Culture et du Patrimoine de l'Isère
