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Capuchin Brothers' Chapel

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Capuchin Brothers' Chapel

Name: Capuchin Brothers' Chapel
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Location: Auvergne Rhône Alpes, France

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Pussy et Gégé

March 10, 2024

The first Capuchins arrived in Auvergne in 1600. At the request of Henri IV, they were welcomed in Clermont by the city aldermen in 1608 and were installed outside the fortifications, at 21 of the current Cours Sablon. They begin their missions of preaching and prayer. Expelled during the Revolution, they returned to town, at the request of the Bishop of Clermont, Mgr Féron, in 1856. They built a convent, with the help of the clergy and the population, at the intersection of Boulevard Lafayette and of the Sablon course.
Built according to an elongated plan and oriented towards the north, the chapel, in neo-Cistercian style, consists of a nave with a main nave and two aisles, and with 5 bays. This nave opens onto a canted apse.
The facade has three levels of elevation: the pointed arch portal with arches and jambs, surrounded by two pointed arch bays, then an oculus, then a pointed arch bay surmounting the whole. The roof of the building is double sloped. The side walls are supported by buttresses and pierced with bays, in the upper part.
The bedside is covered with a radiant vault.

The chapel was restored in 2008 on the occasion of the 400th anniversary of their arrival in Clermont-Ferrand. This was made possible thanks, among other things, to the generosity of many friends of the brothers in Clermont.
On this occasion, frescoes were painted between June 2007 and June 2008, by Paolo Orlando, an Italian iconographer.

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Günter K .

September 15, 2024

Located directly on the street.

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