Chapel of Notre Dame Du Haut Ronchamp
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Rue Chapelle 13
Ronchamp
France
coordinates:
47.7044907 6.6205716
Building names(s): Chapel of Notre Dame Du Haut Ronchamp / Ronchamp Chapel
Architect/Designer: Le Corbusier
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Completion date: 1954
Function: religious - chapel
building website: www.chapellederonchamp.frgetting there: Ronchamp is just over a hour’s drive west of Basel-Mulhouse, the airport near the French/Swiss/German border. From Mulhouse follow the A36 southwest to Belfort, then the N19 west to Ronchamp. Then follow the signposts from the center of Ronchamp village to the chapel.
from Paris by train:
Paris Gare de l’Est – Belfast: Depart 7:11 – Arrive 11:10 (except Sunday)
Line B Belfort – Ronchamp: Depart 7:53 – 8:13 Arrival / Departure Arrival 24:40 24:21, / Departure 17:25 – Arrival 5:46 p.m. (tickets available at the station in Belfast).
TER Ronchamp Stop – Belfast: Depart 12:55 – Arrive 1:16 p.m. / 6:16 p.m.-Departure Arrival 6:37 p.m. / 7:21 p.m. Depart – Arrive 7:40 p.m. (Get on the train and ask for a ticket to the controller).
admission cost: €5
opening hours: 10:00am – 4:00pm (check website for seasonal extended hours)
NOTE: checkout the newly opened Chapel of Notre Dame Du Haut gatehouse and convent by Renzo Piano.
Last modified: 29 September, 2011 | Suggested By Hannah B
2011 update: the controversal Renzo Piano design for the Chapel of Notre Dame Du Haut Gatehouse and Convent has finally been opened.
Construction plans by Renzo Piano for this site commissioned by the Association Oeuvre Notre Dame du Haut (the same organization that commissioned the chapel by Le Corbusier), has ignited a serious debate. The plans are to replace the existing visitor’s center and asphalt parking lot with a new visitor center dug into the hillside, a landscaped parking lot, and a new convent facility for nuns. According to the association, the overall goal of the project is to rehabilitate the site and ensure it remains a place of worship.