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Église du Sacré-Cœur d'Audincourt

Église du Sacré-Cœur d'Audincourt, Modern Catholic church in Audincourt, France.

The Église du Sacré-Cœur d'Audincourt is a modern Catholic church featuring a single rectangular nave oriented north-south, constructed from reinforced concrete and dressed stone. The nave terminates in a semi-circular apse and is marked throughout by contemporary artworks.

The church was built between 1949 and 1951 by local workers following architect Maurice Novarina's design. It marks the period of religious architecture renewal in the immediate postwar years after World War II.

Artists Jean Bazaine and Fernand Léger created abstract mosaics and stained glass windows that show the Passion through modern artistic language. These works shape how visitors experience the interior and demonstrate how contemporary art can express religious ideas.

The church stands in Audincourt's former Quartier des Autos, the workers' district that grew around the Peugeot plant. The nave runs north-south, with the entrance and its mosaic facade to the south, the round baptistery on the left and the free-standing bell tower on the right. The 17-window band by Fernand Léger encircles the interior, interrupted only at the rear wall.

The seventeen horizontal stained-glass windows designed by Fernand Léger run as an uninterrupted band around the nave and choir, leaving only the rear wall bare; the five central panes show the Five Wounds of Christ. The round baptistery was added in 1955, after the church was consecrated, and its glass was designed by Jean Bazaine.

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Maurice Novarina
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Les Récilles
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47.47610,6.84219
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