Église Sainte-Bernadette du Banlay

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Église Sainte-Bernadette du Banlay is a striking 1960s Brutalist Catholic church in Nevers, France, renowned for its bunker-like sculptural form and radical experimental architecture.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 20th-century church building
Roman Catholic church
church building
architect Claude Parent NERFINISHED
Paul Virilio NERFINISHED
architecturalMovement Oblique Function
architecturalStyle Brutalism
associatedWith liturgical reforms of the 1960s
post-Vatican II church architecture
buildingFunction parish church
completionDate 1966
constructionStartDate 1963
country France
dedicatedTo Saint Bernadette Soubirous NERFINISHED
denomination Roman Catholicism
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
era post-war modernism
floorCount 1
floorPlanType non-traditional plan
hasCulturalSignificance icon of French Brutalism
reference in architectural theory
hasExteriorAppearance almost windowless façade
bunker-like volume
hasInteriorFeature central liturgical focus
indirect natural lighting
sloping floors
hasTourismType architectural tourism site
hasType bunker-church
heritageDesignation Monument historique
heritageDesignationCountry France
heritageStatusGranted 2000s
inception 1966
locatedIn Nevers NERFINISHED
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Bourgogne-Franche-Comté NERFINISHED
Nièvre NERFINISHED
locatedInTimeZone Central European Time
locatedNear Nevers city center NERFINISHED
materialUsed reinforced concrete
namedAfter Bernadette Soubirous NERFINISHED
notableFor bunker-like form
experimental liturgical space
radical post-war church design
sculptural massing
religion Roman Catholicism
surface form: Catholicism
structuralSystem concrete shell
usedFor Catholic worship
architectural visits
religious ceremonies

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Claude Parent notableWork Église Sainte-Bernadette du Banlay
Nevers hasHeritageSite Église Sainte-Bernadette du Banlay
this entity surface form: Saint Bernadette’s Chapel