Pierre Bossan
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Pierre Bossan (1814 — 1888) was a French historicist architect, specialising in ecclesiastical architecture. His major work was the neo-Byzantine basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière (1872-84), on a height dominating Lyon. He also designed the Église Saint-Georges in the city. l'extension de église d'Ars-sur-Formans où officiait Jean-Marie Vianney, les églises de Régny, Neulise et Couzon-au-Mont-d'Or ainsi que de la basilique de La Louvesc, important lieu de pèlerinage.
There are funerary monuments designed by Bossan at Valence.
He is buried in the cimetière de Loyasse, Lyon.
[edit] Selected works
- 1854-56 : Cloister of the Visitandines, Lyon.
- About 1855 : Maison Blanchon, quai Fulchiron, Lyon. A house in Moorish taste [1].
- 1858-62 : Église de l'Immaculée-Conception, Lyon
- completed 1859 : Petit séminaire de Meximieux (Ain), today the Hôtel de Ville
- completed 1865 : Église Sainte-Anne, Lyon. Unifinished; closed in 1938 and demolished 1939[2].
- completed 1865 : Église Saint-Maurice, Echallon
- 1867 : Construction begun on the parish church of Régnié-Durette, département of the Rhône; the structure was completed in 1895, after his death.
- 1872 : Construction begun on Notre-Dame de Fourvière, Lyon. Inaugurated in 1896.
- (undated) Basilica at Ars-sur-Formans, département de l'Ain