Église Notre-Dame de Pau, Art Deco church building in Pau, France.
This Art Deco church features neo-Romanesque elements with modern architectural innovations including reinforced concrete construction and metal framework covered with plaster throughout its interior spaces.
The parish was created on 15 August 1913 by Bishop Gieure of Bayonne, Lescar and Oloron, in homage to Notre-Dame de Lourdes, with Raymond Campo as founding priest. Construction of the main structure ran from 1921 to 1929, the 50-metre bell tower was erected in 1936, and the interior ornamentation was finished in 1933.
The parish was created on 15 August 1913 by Bishop Gieure as a tribute to Notre-Dame de Lourdes, and its founding priest was Raymond Campo, whose mosaic portrait decorates the facade of the adjoining presbytery. The organ built by Maurice Puget between 1932 and 1936 was rebuilt by the Pesce firm and inaugurated by Parisian organist Jean Guillou on 24 October 1981.
The church stands at the corner of Boulevard Alsace-Lorraine and Rue Émile Garet, with the entrance under the tower porch. The nave reaches 16 m inside, the side aisles 11.50 m. The stained glass windows and the parvis in front have been restored.
The 50-metre bell tower was added in 1936, seven years after the main structure was finished in 1929. The mosaic portrait of Raymond Campo, the founding priest, decorates the facade of the presbytery next to the church. The organ by Maurice Puget was rebuilt by the Pesce firm and inaugurated by Parisian organist Jean Guillou on 24 October 1981.
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