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Église Anglaise / English Church, Genève
The Church of the Holy Trinity, English church built in 1853 following a competition of 1850 on the anc. Bastion of the Ashtray. Architecture by David Monod, modified in 1852 by Jean-Pierre Guillebaud. Financial contribution by Sir Robert Peel. Neo-Gothic body. Divided into gables pierced by large pointed arch bays, it is flanked on the side by a square bell tower porch topped by four pinnacles and an openwork balustrade. Strong presence of maillerie stone and molasses cladding. Inside, a cruciform plan, a wooden framework vaulted in ribs, a wooden organ gallery in the transept N. Tudor style. Pulpit and orig furniture. Various funerary steles in marble, most of them signed. Benjamin Henneberg. In the choir there is an English stained glass window "The Glory of the Blessed Trinity" (Passion and Resurrection), donated in 1884. In the nave and transept there are stained glass windows by Jacques Wasem, between 1958 and 1981.
Text / Source: geneve-archi.ch
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November 14, 2024
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